Peter Miller
Peter Miller
Title: Head Men's Tennis Coach
Phone: 508-565-1529
Email: pmiller@stonehill.edu

The longest tenured coach in Stonehill College history, Peter Miller is in his 40th season at the helm of the men's tennis program at his alma mater. Miller, a 1975 Stonehill graduate and inductee to the Stonehill Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009, has led the Skyhawks to great heights over the course of his nearly 40 year association with the program.

Miller has led Stonehill to a 353-268 (.568) record, the 2009 Northeast-10 Conference regular season and tournament championship and six NCAA Tournament bids, as head coach.

2008-09 was a banner year for Miller and the tennis program. Stonehill finished the season with a school-record 18 wins and also made their third consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. It also marked the third consecutive season the Skyhawks won at least 15 games. Stonehill also hosted the NCAA Division II East Regional as the fourth seed, and placed three singles players and a doubles team on the Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team.

In the 2007 season, Stonehill finished with a 10-1 conference mark and went 15-6 overall. Though Miller’s team fell short in the NE-10 Conference Tournament the Skyhawks were rewarded for their play as they received a berth in the NCAA tournament as the eighth seed and hosted the NCAA Division II East Regional for the second straight season.

Career Records    
Year Record Pct.
1979-80 6-5 .545
1980-81 7-4 .636
1981-82 5-8 .385
1982-83 8-3 .727
1983-84 6-5 .545
1984-85 6-6 .500
1985-86 5-9 .357
1986-87 7-5 .583
1987-88 10-2 .833
1988-89 7-7 .500
1989-90 9-4 .692
1990-91 - -
1991-92 7-7 .500
1992-93 6-6 .500
1993-94 8-5 .615
1994-95 6-7 .462
1995-96 5-7 .417
1996-97 5-8 .385
1997-98 4-10 .288
1998-99 3-9 .250
1999-2000 6-8 .429
2000-01 6-7 .462
2001-02 8-9 .471
2002-03 6-8 .429
2003-04 10-8 .556
2004-05 7-5 .545
2005-06 15-6 .714
2006-07 15-6 .700
2007-08 18-7 .720
2008-09 22-4 .846
2009-10 13-8 .619
2010-11 13-8 .619
2011-12 15-5 .750
2012-13 15-9 .625
2013-14 12-9 .571
2014-15 15-6 .714
2015-16 9-10 .474
2016-17 6-9 .400
2017-18 10-9 .526
2018-19 12-10 .545
Total 353-268 .568

In 2006 Stonehill bested the then school record for victories with a 15-6 overall record, including a 10-1 slate in NE-10 play. The Skyhawks also hosted 2006 NCAA Division II East Regional after earning their second championship berth in three years. Eight individuals earned all-conference honors in both singles and doubles play for their efforts.

Success has been a trademark of Miller's program throughout his long tenure, as he has posted 233 dual-match victories to rank as the winningest coach in the 54-year history of Stonehill men's tennis. The 2004 season saw the Skyhawks earn their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance after posting their first double-digit victory total in over a quarter century, and Miller was recognized as the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year for the first time in his career following that campaign.

A three-year letter winner at Stonehill during his playing days, Miller helped guide the Skyhawks to a 26-19 record from 1972-75, including an 8-2 mark during his senior season. Peter returned to his alma mater in 1979 to take over the fledgling women's tennis program at the College, as he collected 13 dual-match victories on the women's side in four seasons before concentrating solely on the men's team after the 1982 season.

Throughout the 1980s, Miller guided Stonehill to 67 dual-match victories, including 10 wins in the 1988 season. After a year's sabbatical in 1991, Miller returned to helm in 1992 and has led the Skyhawks for the last 16 seasons.

Miller, a retired high school teacher in the Mansfield (Mass.) Public School District, resides in Smithfield, R.I.