Brittany Miller (softball)

Brittany Miller (born July 21, 1987)^[2] is an American college softball coach and former pitcher who is the current head coach at Texas A&M–Commerce.^[3] Prior to her position at Texas A&M–Commerce, she served as assistant coach for two seasons at Texas Tech. Prior to that, she was an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount for four seasons. Before her Loyola Marymount years, she was an assistant coach at Iowa State. She began her coaching career at North Dakota State, first as a graduate assistant for two years and an assistant coach for one year.^[4]

Brittany Miller

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Texas A&M–Commerce
Conference	Southland
Biographical details
Born	(1987-07-21) July 21, 1987 (age 38) Garden Grove, California, United States[1]
Alma mater	University of Iowa
Playing career
2006-2009	Iowa
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2011	North Dakota State (graduate asst.)
2012	North Dakota State (asst.)
2013–2016	Iowa State (asst.)
2017–2021	Loyola Marymount (asst.)
2020–2022	Texas Tech (asst.)
2023–present	Texas A&M–Commerce
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-American NFCA DI second-team (2009) First-team NFCA DI All-Midwest Region (2008, 2009) Second-team NFCA DI All-Midwest Region (2007) First team All-Big Ten (2009) Second-team All-Big Ten (2007, 2008) Third-team All-Big Ten (2006)

Playing career

High school

Miller played varsity softball at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California. She earned first team all-league, all-county, and all-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) honors all four years.^[3]

College

Miller played softball for the Iowa Hawkeyes softball team from 2006 to 2009. She was named the Hawkeyes Most Valuable Player all four seasons; the only pitcher to do so. She was named an all-Big Ten Conference selection four times. She was named to the NFCA All-Region three years. She was also named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year two times. At the conclusion of her senior season, she was named an NFCA second team All-American.^[3][5]

Professional

Miller played professionally for the Akron Racers, and was the seventh player selected in the 2009 National Pro Fastpitch senior draft with the Akron Racers.[6]

Coaching career

Assistant coach

Miller served as assistant coach at four programs. She began her career at North Dakota State as a graduate assistant for the first two years. She was an assistant coach for the Bison in 2012. She served as an assistant coach at Iowa State for the next four years from 2013 to 2016. Following her Iowa State years, she served as an assistant at Loyola Marymount for four years (from 2017 to 2020).^[7] After Loyola Marymount, she was an assistant coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders softball program.^[3]

Head coach

Miller was named Texas A&M–Commerce head softball coach on June 24, 2022.^[8]

See also

• Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball