COLUMBUS – University of Dayton men's basketball coach Archie Miller has been named Ohio Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year by the Columbus Dispatch, it was announced Sunday.  Miller was selected by vote of Ohio's college coaches after the 2013-14 season and the results were announced in the Dispatch in a story written by Mark Znidar.

Miller was a landslide winner after Dayton's exciting run to the Elite Eight.  He earned 71 votes in the poll.  Cincinnati's Mick Cronin was second with 23 votes.

Previous winners or the award have been Miller's brother Sean during his tenure at Xavier and his former boss, Thad Matta, at Ohio State.

The third-year Flyer coach guided UD to a 26-11 record and engineered one of the most remarkable turnarounds in college basketball last season.  After jumping out to a 12-3 start in non-conference play, Dayton began the Atlantic 10 season with one win in its first six games. 

The Flyers won nine of their last 10 regular season games to position themselves for an NCAA at-large berth, and once they got there they knocked off Ohio State, Syracuse and Stanford before losing to then-No. 1-ranked Florida in the Elite Eight.

During UD's closing run, Miller juggled an 11-and-12-man rotation during a point in the season when most coaches are playing seven or eight players in prime time.

Dayton finished 2013-14 ranked 18th in the final USA Today Coaches Poll.  UD's 26 wins were the third-most in school history. The Flyers return three starters and the bulk of UD's "True Team" 11-man rotation for next year.  That includes leading scorer Jordan Sibert (12.2 ppg) and NCAA All-Region selection Dyshawn Pierre (11.2 ppg).