WILLIAMSBURG, Va.
- William and Mary Tribe Head Baseball Coach
Frank Leoni announced the addition
of
David Miller to his staff on Friday afternoon (July 8). Miller will serve as an assistant coach with
his responsibilities including hitting, recruiting, outfielder instruction,
field maintenance, as well as being the primary liaison with the team's
strength and conditioning staff.
"We are very excited to have David Miller join our baseball
staff," stated Tribe Head Coach Frank Leoni.
"He brings a wealth of experience, as both a player and coach, to our
program. David will have a dramatic
impact on our team's offensive approach and will be a great representative for
the program in the community and on the recruiting trail."
Miller comes to Williamsburg after serving as an assistant
coach at Villanova the past two seasons.
With the Wildcats, Miller helped raise the team batting average by more
than 20 points, helping Villanova hit over .300 as a team for the first time
since 1989. Under Miller's tutelage in
2010, Wildcat standout Matt Szczur led the BIG EAST in hitting with his .443
average and was eventually selected in the fifth-round of the MLB Draft by the
Chicago Cubs.
Prior to his time at Villanova, Miller also served as an
assistant coach at University of Rutgers in Camden, as well as at the
University of Hawaii in Hilo. Miller
also has extensive experience coaching in the Cape Cod League, helping guide the
Chatham Anglers to the playoffs.
A
former collegiate star at Clemson, Miller was a first-round draft pick (23rd
overall) of the Cleveland Indians in the 1995 First-Year Player Draft. In three
seasons at Clemson (1993-95), he helped lead the Tigers to national No. 1
rankings in both his sophomore and junior years. Clemson won three straight
Atlantic Coast Conference championships during those years and advanced to the
College World Series in 1995.
Miller
was a junior on the 1995 College World Series team and was named a finalist for
national Player of the Year honors. A consensus All-America selection that
season as well as a first team All-ACC pick, Miller batted .383 with nine home
runs, 78 RBI and 27 stolen bases while starting all 68 games in 1995. He
finished his collegiate career with a .335 average, 143 runs scored, 149 RBI
and 10 home runs.
Overall, Miller played nine season of professional baseball,
reaching the Triple-A level for the first time in 1998, just his third
professional season. In total, Miller
played 225 games at the Triple-A level, playing in the Cleveland Indians,
Atlanta Braves, and Cincinnati Reds organizations.
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