Indiana has its man.
The university announced Saturday that it has hired Dayton's Archie Miller to become the new head coach of its storied program. Miller, the 29th men's basketball coach in school history, replaces Tom Crean, who was fired on March 16.
This will be the second head-coaching job for the 38-year-old Miller, who spent the past six seasons guiding the Flyers. Miller's teams at Dayton have won back-to-back Atlantic 10 Championships and have reached four straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history. Under Miller's guidance, Dayton reached the Elite Eight in 2014.
Miller brings a 139-63 career record to Bloomington, where he will be introduced in a formal press conference on Monday afternoon. According to the Dayton Daily News, Miller rushed to inform his former players of his new job on Saturday afternoon.
"While there was great interest in this position, Archie Miller was on my short list from the very beginning," IU athletic director Fred Glass said in a statement. "The more I learned about him, the more convinced I became that he is the coach we need to meet our high expectations for many years to come."
Miller comes from a coaching family. His father, John, enjoyed a highly successful high school coaching career for 35 seasons in Western Pennsylvania. His older brother, Sean, recently completed his eighth season as head coach at Arizona.