Colin Miller (soccer, born 1964)

Colin Fyfe Miller (born 4 October 1964)[2] is a Canadian professional soccer coach who captained the Canadian national team several times while earning 61 caps (scoring 5 goals) in total.[4]

Colin Miller
Miller in 2010
Personal information
Full name Colin Fyfe Miller[1]
Date of birth (1964-10-04) 4 October 1964
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 Toronto Blizzard 23 (2)
1984–1986 Rangers 2 (0)
1986–1988 Doncaster Rovers 61 (3)
1988 Hamilton Steelers 27 (?)
1988–1993 Hamilton Academical 198 (5)
1990 → Hamilton Steelers (loan) 11 (?)
1994 St Johnstone 24 (0)
1995 Heart of Midlothian 19 (1)
1995–1998 Dunfermline 61 (0)
1998 Ayr United 14 (0)
1999–2000 Hamilton Academical 9 (0)
2004–2005 Abbotsford Mariners 9 (0)
National team
1982 Canada U20 5 (0)
1983–1997 Canada[3] 61 (5)
Teams managed
1999–2000 Hamilton Academical (player-manager)
2000–2002 Canada (assistant coach)
2003–2004 Canada (interim coach)
2005–2007 Abbotsford Rangers
2007 Derby County (assistant first-team coach)
2008–2009 Victoria Highlanders
2009 Fraser Valley Cascades Women's
2009 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency (assistant coach)
2010 Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
2010–2011 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (assistant coach)
2012 Fraser Valley Cascades Men's (assistant coach)
2012–2017 FC Edmonton
2013 Canada (interim coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Moving to Vancouver at the age of 10, Miller began his professional playing career as a 17-year-old, joining the Toronto Blizzard of the NASL in 1982.[5] After playing 23 games over three seasons with the Blizzard, Miller joined Scottish giants Rangers, where he spent the 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons, appearing in four first-team games.

Miller played in 61 games and scored three goals for Football League side Doncaster Rovers in 1986–87 and 1987–88, for Scottish Football League club Hamilton Academical 199 times over six seasons (1989–94), St Johnstone in 12 games in 1994, Heart of Midlothian 16 games in 1994–95, Dunfermline 62 times over three seasons (1995–98), Ayr United six times in 1998, and eight times as a player-manager of Academical in 1998–99. Miller also played two summer seasons for the Hamilton Steelers in the Canadian Soccer League, playing 27 times in 1988 and 11 times in 1990.[6]

International career

Miller made his national team debut against Scotland on 19 June 1983[7] and was a squad member for Canada's only World Cup finals appearance in 1986 although he did not play.[8] He has represented Canada in 26 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[9] His final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game in which seven other national team veterans finished their international career.[10]

Managerial career

He became Canada's assistant coach in the early 2000s and interim manager in 2003–04. Miller was a youth soccer coach with the Abbotsford Soccer Association in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, specifically the Abbotsford Rangers USL Premier Development League side, until 2007.[11]

On 3 July 2007, it was announced that Colin Miller was hired as assistant first-team coach of Derby County, an English club playing the 2007-08 season in the Premier League.

On 2 April 2008, Miller was introduced as the manager and Director of Soccer Operations for the Victoria Highlanders of the USL Premier Development League.[12]

On 25 March 2010, with the resignation of German soccer coach Thomas Niendorf, Miller was named as the new manager of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency.[13] Miller served as Assistant Manager of Vancouver Whitecaps FC during the club's 2011 inaugural season in Major League Soccer. Vancouver released Miller from his coaching contract on 26 October 2011, due to the newly appointed manager Martin Rennie's desire to bring in his own staff.[14]

On 27 November 2012, FC Edmonton announced Colin Miller as its new manager.[15]

In January 2013, Miller was confirmed interim manager of Canada for a second time following the departure of Stephen Hart.[15] On 14 March 2013, it was announced that Tony Fonseca, technical director for the Canadian Soccer Association, as manager of the Canadian national team for the friendly matches in March 2013,[16] although Miller returned as interim head coach for a match in Edmonton on 28 May.[17] The CSA announced in mid-June that Miller would continue as interim manager for Canada during the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[18]

On 4 December 2017, FC Edmonton parted ways with Miller after five seasons following the dissolution of the North American Soccer League.[19]

Career statistics

International

[3]

Canada national team
YearAppsGoals
198320
198431
198500
198620
198700
198810
198920
199010
199131
1992102
1993111
199450
199550
199680
199780
Total615

International goals
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 October 1984Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Morocco2–12–3Friendly
2.3 July 1991Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA Jamaica2–13–21991 Gold Cup
3.25 October 1992Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador1–11–11994 World Cup qualifier
4.8 November 1992Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada El Salvador1–02–31994 World Cup qualifier
5.24 March 1993Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–01–0Friendly

Managerial record
As of 18 June 2015
Team From To Record
G W L T GF GA GD Win %
Hamilton Academical 1 July 1998[20] 20 August 1999[20] 46 8 26 12 39 83 −44 017.39
Canada 2 September 2003[21] 31 December 2003[22] 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 000.00
Abbotsford Rangers 2005 2007 49 17 24 8 92 88 +4 034.69
Victoria Highlanders 3 April 2008[23] 26 July 2009[24] 16 6 6 4 37 25 +12 037.50
FC Edmonton 27 November 2012[15] 24 November 2017 74 22 28 24 93 93 +0 029.73
Canada 7 January 2013[15] 14 March 2013[16] 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 000.00
Canada 16 May 2013[17] 14 July 2013 4 0 3 1 0 4 −4 000.00
Total 194 53 88 53 264 308 −44 027.32

Personal life

Colin Miller is married to his high school sweet heart Maria Miller.

References
  1. "Colin Miller". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. "Colin Miller". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. "Colin Miller". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  4. Mamrud, Roberto. "Canada - Record International Players". RSSSF, 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 16 June 2013.
  5. United Press International. "Sounders 2, Blizzard 1". Sarasota Journal, 1 July 1982, p. 3B. Retrieved on 16 June 2013.
  6. "Colin Miller". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010.
  7. Brown, Alan. "Scotland - International Matches 1981-1985". RSSSF, 11 October 2012. Retrieved on 16 June 2013.
  8. FIFA. "1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico(TM) - Canada". Retrieved on 16 June 2013.
  9. Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
  10. Player profile – Canada Soccer
  11. Soccer America. "From the PDL to EPL: Colin Miller". 6 July 2007. Retrieved on 16 June 2013.
  12. Victoria Highlanders History "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved on: 9 March 2009
  13. "Caps and Thomas Niendorf part ways". Archived from the original on 22 March 2010.
  14. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/10/caps-part-ways-colin-miller-and-denis-hamlett
  15. Daum, Evan (8 January 2013). "FC Edmonton manager to lead Canadian men's team on interim basis". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  16. "Tony Fonseca ready to lead Canada in men's soccer friendlies". CBC. The Canadian Press. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  17. "Miller appointed interim Canada coach for Costa Rica friendly". 15 May 2013.
  18. "Miller returns as Canada MNT interim Coach for 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup". 19 June 2013.
  19. "FC EDMONTON PART WAYS WITH HEAD COACH COLIN MILLER AND TECHNICAL STAFF". FC Edmonton. FC Edmnton. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  20. "Colin Miller". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  21. "CSA Accepts Osieck Resignation". Canadian Soccer Association. 2 September 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  22. "Yallop Named Men's World Cup Team Head Coach". Canadian Soccer Association. 16 December 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  23. "Highlanders hand reins to Miller". Canada.com. 3 April 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  24. "Miller Announces Resignation". Victoria Highlanders. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

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