Given the question: Facts: - sport: football - player team: purdue - coach team: niagara detroit boston college buffalo -lrb- assistant -rrb- purdue -lrb- line -rrb- - player years: 1939 -- 1941 - coach years: 1949 1961 1962 -- 1967 -- 1950 1951 1954 -- 1958 1959 -- - birth date: c. 1920 - player positions: guard - name: jim miller - overall record: 52 -- 34 -lrb- excluding niagara -rrb- - cfbdwid: 1626 - image: jim miller purdue.png - birth place: massillon , ohio Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jim miller -lrb- american football coach -rrb- .
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james h. '' jim '' miller -lrb- born c. 1920 -rrb- is a former american football player and coach .a native of massilon , ohio , he served as at the head football coach at niagara university from 1949 to 1950 , at the university of detroit from 1959 to 1961 , and at boston college from 1962 to 1967 .before going to detroit , he worked for five years as an assistant coach at purdue university , where he had played as a guard .after an 8 -- 2 season at boston college in 1962 , miller signed a new three-year contract with a substantial pay hike .on december 7 , 1967 , after a 4 -- 6 record , he resigned as eagles head coach .