Shimmy Gray-Miller - Women's Basketball Coach

Shimmy Gray-Miller

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
shimmyg@gators.ufl.edu
Phone:
5111

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.