Alex Miller

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Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949, in Glasgow) is a Scottish football coach and former football player. He won the Skol Cup in 1991 with Hibernian and took St Mirren into the UEFA Cup. Formerly the First Team Coach at Liverpool, on 8 May 2008 it was announced that Alex Miller will become manager of JEF United Chiba in Japan.^[1]

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 2.1 Coach at Liverpool 2.2 Managerial record 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

As a player Miller started out his career with Clydebank Strollers before he made the move to Rangers. Miller played for Rangers from 1967 until 1982 before finishing his playing career in Hong Kong. He was something of a legend at Ibrox having played in the 1972 Scottish Cup Final despite having a broken jaw. He made 306 appearances during his spell at Rangers and scored 30 goals.

[edit] Coaching career

Miller was appointed a player-coach when he played briefly for South China AA in Hong Kong. Miller was then briefly manager of Greenock Morton in 1983 before contentiously joining their rivals from Paisley, St Mirren, who were at that time in a higher division.

Miller managed St Mirren from 1983 until 1986. He moulded a side that would win the Scottish Cup shortly after he resigned in season 1986-87. Success for him was qualifying for Europe. One of Saints all time great nights came in a European campaign when in 1985 Slavia Prague were knocked out after a 3-0 Saints win at home.

He was then made manager of Hibernian from 1986 - 1996 through a difficult period in the clubs history. [1] He led Hibs to win the 1991 Skol Scottish League Cup beating Rangers in the semi finals (1-0) and Dunfermline Athletic in the final (2-0) and qualified for European competition.

European football returned but Hibs were thwarted in their 1992 UEFA Cup campaign, by Belgian champions RSC Anderlecht, losing on the away goal rule (2-2, 1-1). In 1993, Hibs were again in the final of the League Cup but this time lost out to Rangers (1-2). Hibs finished the 1994-95 season in third place in the league. In 1996, after ten years at Easter Road, Alex Miller left Hibs.

In 1997, Aberdeen appointed Alex Miller as their new manager. Miller has left his assistant manager's job at Coventry City, unable to resist the challenge of being his own man again. Miller took over from Roy Aitken but had an unsuccessful stint at the club and was succeeded by Paul Hegarty in 1998.

[edit] Coach at Liverpool

Alex Miller joined English Premiership side Liverpool in 1999.

An integral part of Houllier’s backroom staff - the former Anfield manager made him chief European scout having first made his acquaintance during Euro 96 - he survived the uncertainty amid Benítez’s arrival at the club in the summer of 2004 to be promoted to first-team coach. Miller was Liverpool Director of Scouting under Gérard Houllier.

However, when Rafael Benítez was appointed manager of Liverpool, he overhauled the scouting system. Miller was given a new role at Liverpool, working as first team coach and works closely with Benitez .

On 8 May 2008 Rafa Benitez confirmed that Miller would leave Liverpool FC to manage Japanese side JEF United Chiba after nearly a decade working for Liverpool FC

[edit] Managerial record

Team	From	To	Games	Won	Lost	Drawn
Greenock Morton	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
St Mirren	01-08-1983	16-12-1986	33	13	13	7
Hibernian	15-11-1986	30-09-1996	170	72	52	46
Aberdeen	21-11-1997	08-12-1998	43	11	19	13

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Peter Wong	South China manager 1981-82	Succeeded by Unknown

v • d • e JEF United Ichihara Chiba – current squad 1 Tateishi • 2 Sakamoto • 3 Saito • 4 Bosnar • 5 Yuki • 6 Shimomura • 7 Kudo • 8 Baba • 9 K. Aoki • 10 Reinaldo • 11 Arai • 13 Ichihara • 14 Ikeda • 15 Nakajima • 16 Yazawa • 17 Kushino • 18 Maki • 19 Ito • 20 Kokeguchi • 21 Nakamaki • 22 Yonekura • 23 Rakuyama • 26 Kanazawa • 29 Masuyama • 30 Okamoto • 31 R. Aoki • 39 Matsumoto • 40 Hrgović • Manager: Miller

v • d • e Greenock Morton F.C. – Managers Morell (1904–08) • Cochrane (1908–27) • Torrance (1927–31) • Cochrane (1931–34) • Wright (1934–38) • Davies (1938–55) • McKenzie (1955–57) • McIntosh (1957–60) • Stewart (1960–72) • Smith (1972) • Stewart (1972–74) • Sorenson (1974–75) • Gilroy (1975–76) • Rooney (1976–83) • Miller (1983) • T. McLean (1983–84) • W. McLean (1984–85) • McGraw (1985–97) • Stark (1997–00) • McCall (2000) • Evans (2000–01) • Maxwell (2001) • Cormack (2001–02) • McPherson (2002) • McCormack (2002–04) • McInally (2004–08) • Irons (2008–-) •

v • d • e St. Mirren F.C. – Managers Humphries (1970–72) • Cunningham (1972–75) • Ferguson (1975–78) • Clunie (1978–81) • McFarlane (1981–83) • Miller (1983–86) • Smith (1986–88) • Fitzpatrick (1988–90) • Bone (1994–96) • Fitzpatrick (1996) • Munro (1996) • Fitzpatrick (1996–98) • Hendrie (1998–2002) • Coughlin (2002–03) • MacPherson (2003–)

v • d • e Hibernian F.C. – Managers Committee (1875–1903) • McMichael (1903–19) • Gordon (1919–20) • Maley (1920–25) • Templeton (1925–36) • McCartney (1936–48) • Shaw (1948–62) • Galbraith (1962–64) • Stein (1964–65) • Shankly (1965–69) • MacFarlane (1969–70) • Ewing (1970–71) • Turnbull (1971–80) • Ormond (1980) • Auld (1980–82) • Stanton (1982–84) • Blackley (1984–86) • Miller (1986–96) • Duffy (1996–98) • McLeish (1998–2001) • Sauzée (2001–02) • Williamson (2002–04) • Mowbray (2004–06) • Collins (2006–07) • Paatelainen (2008–-) •

v • d • e Aberdeen F.C. – Managers Philip (1903–23) • Travers (1923–38) • Halliday (1938–55) • Shaw (1955–59) • Pearson (1959–65) • Turnbull (1965–71) • Bonthrone (1971–75) • MacLeod (1975–77) • McNeill (1977–78) • Ferguson (1978–86) • Porterfield (1986–88) • Smith (1988–92) • Scott (1988–92) • W. Miller (1992–95) • Aitken (1995–97) • A. Miller (1997–98) • Burkinshaw (1998–99) • Hegarty (1999) • Skovdahl (1999–2002) • Speirs (2002) • Paterson (2002–04) • Calderwood (2004–)

v • d • e JEF United Ichihara Chiba – Managers Nagai (1992–94) • Kiyokumo (1994–95) • Okudera (1996) • Versleijen (1997–98) • Engels (1999) • Zamfir (1999–00) • Verdenik (2000–01) • Vengloš (2002) • I. Osim (2003–06) • A. Osim (2006–07) • Kuže (2008) • Miller (2008–)