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Shimmy Gray-Miller

Shimmy Gray-Miller at a Glance:
 
University of Florida, Assistant Coach – Two years (2015-17)
  • With fellow coach Murriel Page, oversaw the development of the posts
  • Recruiting coordinator
  • 2016-17
    • Senior Ronni Williams was voted first Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches and the media
    • Williams became first Gator in program history to lead the SEC in scoring (all games and SEC games)
    • Williams named WBCA All-Region and WBCA All-American Team Honorable Mention
    • UF led the SEC in offensive rebounding (all games and SEC games) and offensive rebound percentage (SEC games)
  • 2015-16
    • UF earned the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament
    • Gators ranked No. 10 nationally in offensive rebounds per game, one year removed from not appearing in the top-30 in the country
    • Junior forward Ronni Williams voted All-SEC Second Team
    • Team won 9 more games than it had the previous season, the second-best one-year turnaround in program history
    • Team compiled 22 wins, the most since the 2012-13 season (22 wins)
    • Team finished tied for fourth in the SEC, after it was voted during the preseason to finish 12th in the 14-team league standings
 
 
University of Nebraska, Assistant Coach - Three Years (2012-15)
  • NCAA Tournament berth all three years, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2012-13
  • 2013-14 Big Ten Tournament champions
  • 2013-14 Huskers finished No. 13 AP /No. 17 USA Today in the final national rankings, second-highest in program history
  • Nov. 2014 Signing Class – No. 8 Nationally by ESPN (best class in school history)
  • Nov. 2013 Signing Class – No. 9 Nationally by ESPN (best class in school history)
  • Prior to her arrival, Nebraska had just one 25 recruiting class in school history (2010 signing class that just completed eligibility at Nebraska)
  • Nebraska led the Big Ten in Defensive Rebound percentage in 2014-15
  • Nebraska led the Big Ten in defensive scoring average in 2014-15 (60.9 ppg)
  • Coached first-team All-American Jordan Hooper to the No. 10 all-time rebounding mark in Big Ten history (1,110 career rebounds). Hooper graduated in 2014.
  • Hooper finished No. 2 at Nebraska in career points (2,357), No. 3 in rebounds (1,110) and No. 1 in career three-pointers (295). She also tied the school record with 40 career double-doubles, including 14 as a senior in 2013-14. Hooper was a two-time first-team All-Big Ten choice and the 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year under Gray-Miller.
  • Coached Emily Cady to No. 9 all-time rebounding mark in Big Ten history (1,114 career rebounds). Cady graduated in 2015 and finished No. 13 at Nebraska in points (1,461), No. 2 in rebounds (1,114), No. 5 in blocked shots (115) and tied for No. 11 in assists (305) – the most assists by a post player in Nebraska history. Finished fourth in school history with 33 double-doubles, including 11 in 2014-15. Cady earned All-Big Ten honors all three seasons that she was coached by Miller, including second-team honors the past two years.
 
Saint Louis University, Head Coach – Seven Years (2005-12)
  • Individual Billiken Awards under Gray-Miller: seven All-A-10 awards, including one A-10 Most Improved Player. One Billiken was also named to the A-10 All-Freshman Team
  • The Billikens earned a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, while adding three A-10 Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year awards for women's basketball. Her 2006-07 Billiken team finished 17th with a 3.336 combined GPA in the WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll.
 
University of Arizona, Assistant Coach – Two Years (2003-05)
  • 2004 Pac-10 Conference Champions – first women’s basketball championship in program history
  • NCAA Tournament berth both seasons
 
University of Washington, Assistant Coach – Three Years (2000-03)
  • 2001 Pac-10 Champions
  • NCAA Tournament berth two seasons
 
Personal
  • Education: University of Michigan (bachelor's degree in sociology and a minor in law and criminology, 1994)
  • Hometown: Flint, Michigan
  • Playing Experience: three-year letterwinner at Michigan (redshirted first year in 1990-91) and didn’t take her fifth year of eligibility; 1993-94 team captain (as a junior, eligibility-wise) and winner of the Bob Ufer Quarterback Club Award for leadership and dedication; played professionally for Olivais Futebol Clube, a first-division club team in Coimbra, Portugal
  • Side Note: She was inducted into the Carman-Ainsworth Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005, and into the Greater Flint Afro American Hall of Fame in 2014.
 

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