Jake Miller joined SMU’s staff as the director of human performance in January of 2018, primarily working with the Mustangs’ football program. He came to SMU after spending the 2017 season at Arkansas State.
Prior to Arkansas State, Miller worked at Baylor, where he served as the Associate Athletic Performance Coach. Miller worked with the football and volleyball programs, as well as acrobatics and tumbling, women’s tennis and track and field. He was also a member of the Bears’ staff in 2014.
Between stints in Waco, Miller was the head strength and conditioning coach at Missouri State.
Prior to arriving in Waco in 2014, he spent two seasons as an assistant football strength and conditioning coach at Rice, helping the Owls to their first Conference USA Championship since 1957.
He also served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.).
Miller was a four-year offensive lineman at Baker University (Kan.) before going on to assist with the offensive line and strength and conditioning program. He was also nationally-ranked in Olympic Weightlifting competing for Club Boris.
He graduated from Baker with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2011.
