After 27 years as the head diving coach at Harvard, Keith Miller has announced that he is stepping down from his position, effective June 26th. No reason was given for his departure.
Miller, a 1982 graduate of Tufts University, coached both the men’s and women’s teams at Harvard. Since 2003, 15 different Harvard divers have won Ivy League Championships. That includes 2015, where Mike Mosca became just the 3rd diver in Ivy League history to sweep the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events at 3 consecutive Ivy League Championships. Mosca and Jing Leung both qualified for the NCAA Championships in the last decade, and Mosca was a 3-event finalist at the 2012 Olympic Trials.
Leung became Harvard’s first First Team All-American diver since 1992 in 2016 when she took 8th place on the platform event.
Miller also serves as a coach at the Charles River Diving Club, where his wife Agnes is the head coach. Agnes, a two-time Hungarian Olympian, is the head diving coach at Boston University.
As an athlete, he was the 1982 NCAA Division III Champion on the 3-meter springboard.
Keith Miller has a 35-year coaching career that includes prior stops at Wesleyan University (Conn.), UC-San Diego, Tufts, and MIT.
The head diving coach position became an endowed position in 2014 after a donation by an anonymous individual, and is currently called The Class of 1989 Head Coach for Diving.
Keith was a fabulous coach and I was so fortunate to dive for him! He leaves huge shoes to fill. He will be sorely missed.
Kudos to Keith Miller on an outstanding coaching career, as professional as he is committed. His ability to turn goodness into greatness isn’t just knowledge of the sport — it begins with heart. He’s a mensch, and helps others without keeping score.
Keith was s systematic recruiter and a truly nice person. He knew how to comb through divemeets and find athletes who might not have considered the Ivy League. He respected the academic/athletic balance required at Harvard and was a class act in supporting his divers’ other passions by attending their plays, performances, presentations, etc. Lots to admire in those many years of service.
GW. Done deal.
Future Badger?
Maybe he’s heading to the University of Georgia to fill the recently announced departure of long time coach Dan Laak. Harvard academics/Georgia academics. Look it up.
Harvard swimming grad, big fan of Keith Miller and sorry to see him leaving…and just so so tired of all these Dean Farris comments. They were funny the first 100 times but are now just old, especially when I would have hoped to see only comments on this post respecting Keith’s departure, a great diving coach and man.
You don’t have to be so critical to these people. They are trying their best. 😀
Did you know the term “jumped the shark” is from the tv show Happy Days?
Hit em with the Heine
Very good coach and a great man. Wishing him nothing but the best. Hate to see all of this “crazy stuff” appearing where we should be seeing tributes on a successful career.
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR IS A DIVING COACH👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻