CLEVELAND (BGSU Strategic Communications) – Legendary Bowling Green State University women’s basketball coach Curt Miller is a member of the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024. The league office announced the latest induction class on Friday.

Miller is the 12th person affiliated with Bowling Green to be inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame.

The MAC Hall of Fame was approved by the MAC Council of Presidents in 1987. The charter class was inducted in 1988 and subsequent classes were added in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994. After six induction classes, the MAC Hall of Fame maintained 52 members until it was reinstated in May of 2012. This year’s class brings the number of MAC Hall of Fame inductees to 125 individuals from 18 classes.

The 2024 MAC Hall of Fame class will be inducted on Thursday, May 30, at the Marriott Key Tower. Ticket information for the 2024 MAC Honors Dinner and Hall of Fame celebration will be announced at later date.

Miller, a native of Girard, Pa. and the current coach of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, was the architect of the BGSU women’s basketball program from 2001-12. He went 258-92 with a MAC record of 135-41 in his 11 seasons at the helm.

In 11 years at the BGSU helm, Miller had an overall record of 258-92 and a Mid-American Conference record of 135-41. The Falcons won an unprecedented eight-straight MAC divisional titles over his final eight seasons, with seven outright league regular-season crowns during that span.

BGSU made national postseason appearances in each of those eight seasons, many years, with trips to the NCAA Championships in three consecutive years from 2005-07 and back-to-back appearances in 2010 and 2011.

The 2007 season saw the Falcons win two games to make the first trip to the ‘Sweet Sixteen’ in MAC women’s basketball history. BGSU participated in the WNIT in 2008, 2009 and 2012.

Miller was named MAC Coach of the Year a league-record six times, including a MAC-record five years in a row, and he also earned Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 4 Coach-of-the-Year accolades on four occasions.

Miller was the fastest MAC coach to reach both 200 and 250 overall wins, and the second-fastest coach in league annals to reach 100 MAC wins.

His 2006-07 team was perhaps the greatest in program history, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen as the No. 7 seed, defeating No. 10 seeded Oklahoma State and No. 2 seeded Vanderbilt.

Miller, as mentioned, was named MAC Coach of the Year a league-record six times and earned Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 4 Coach of the Year accolades on four occasions. He left BGSU as the third-winningest coach in MAC women’s basketball history in league games, ranking second in MAC annals in overall victories.

His players earned six MAC Tournament MVP awards, four MAC Player of the Year honors and were named All-MAC 23 times.

In has 11 years as head coach, every student-athlete who played four years at BGSU under Miller graduated, won a MAC regular season title and played in an NCAA Tournament. His teams earned WBCA Academic Honor Roll (top 25 in the nation) accolades in each of his last five years, including fifth in the nation in 2008-09 and sixth in 2009-10.

Miller left BGSU to become the head coach at Indiana University, spent a year as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA and was named head coach of the Connecticut Sun in Dec. of 2015.

He then added the role of general manager in Sept. of 2016 and was named the 2017 WNBA Coach of the Year. Miller was again named WNBA Coach of the Year in 2021 with the Sun. He was named head coach of the Sparks in October of 2022.

In August of 2023, Miller won his 150th game as a WNBA head coach. He became just the third head coach (joining Lin Dunn and Van Chancellor) to have won at least 275 collegiate games and 150 WNBA games. Additionally, he was the fifth-fastest coach to reach the 150-win mark in the WNBA.

Miller was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.

Joining Miller in the 2024 MAC Hall of Fame class are Jordan Lynch (Northern Illinois, football), Sarah Obras (Ball State, volleyball), Nick Saban (Kent State, football and baseball; Toledo, football coach), Jessica Simpson (Miami, softball) and Frank Solich (Ohio, football coach).

Bowling Green Falcons in the MAC Hall of Fame

Name (Sport) Induction Year

Anderson, Harold (MBB) 1991

Cartwright, Dr. Carol (Admin) 2018

Cochrane, Mickey (MSOC, MLAX, WLAX) 2023

Hershiser, Orel (Baseball) 2018

Luedtke, Dorothy (Admin) 2022

Lessig, Jim (Admin) 2014

Miller, Curt (WBB) 2024

Nehlen, Don (FB) 1994

Perry, Doyt (FB) 1988

Thurmond, Nate (MBB) 1989

Villapiano, Phil (FB) 1992

Wottle, Dave (T&F) 1990