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Former Kansas State athletics director Steve Miller, who helped sow the seeds for a historic turnaround in Wildcats football, died on June 15 at his home in Portland, Oregon at the age of 81, according to a K-State news release.
Miller spent nine years at K-State — five as head track and field coach (1981-86), one as associate AD and director of the Mike Ahearn Scholarship Fund (1987-88) and the last three as athletics director. But he was best known for the Nov. 30, 1988, hiring of Bill Snyder as Wildcats’ football coach, which led to the resurrection of a program once described by Sports Illustrated as “Futility U.”
A celebration of life for Miller has been planned for 3 p.m. PT on July 7 at the Ritz Carlton in Portland.
“We are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Miller, a true K-Stater who led our department during some of the most critical times in our history,” K-State athletics director Gene Taylor said in a statement. “Obviously his hiring of coach Snyder is well documented, but he also was a longtime figure in the track and field world and was a leader in that space for decades.
“From the first time I met Steve he became a trusted friend and over the last few years provided me great guidance and advice from his vast experience in the sports industry. He will truly be missed, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”
While credited with bringing future hall of famer Snyder to Manhattan as a first-time college head…
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