NJCAA Region 16

Bio

While at the St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, L. William "Bill" Miller developed the prototype program of Athletics and Physical Education on St. Louis Community College's three campuses that remained intact years following his retirement in 1994. The program has offered over 18 NJCAA-affiliated sports, 40 Physical Education courses, and enabled more than 2000 student-athletes to transfer to four-year programs. Bill served as Flo Valley's Head Track & Cross Country Coach (1966-1973) and Director of Athletics (1966-1994) and he assumed chairmanship of the Physical Education department for several years prior to retirement. Prior to joining the Flo Valley staff, Bill served as Athletics Director, Track & Field coach, swimming coach, and physical education/drivers education teacher at Beaumont and Northwest High Schools in St. Louis. He led teams to eight Missouri State Championships in Track & Cross Country competition.

In 1966, at age 38, Bill became the youngest inductee into the Greater St. Louis Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1974, he became a charter inductee into the Missouri Track and Field Hall of Fame. He has also been inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame, the National Association of Two Year Colleges Athletic Association Hall of Fame, the NJCAA Track and Field Hall of Fame, and the NJCAA Region 16 Hall of Fame.

Bill is especially proud of striking a hole-in-one at Prairies of Cahokia Golf Course on June 2, 2007, and the championship he and son Jeff won at the World Amateur "Corey Lemke Father & Son Golf Tournament" in August 2007 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.