coach_years current_team birth_place coach_team current_title birth_date article_title name alma_mater
1999-2003 -rrb- 2007 -- 2008 2009 -- 2010 2011 -- 2012 2004-2005 2013 2006 -lrb- spring -rrb- 2006 -lrb- fall montreal alouettes pittsburgh , pennsylvania pittsburgh offensive assistant -rrb- berlin thunder -lrb- quarterbacks/wide receivers -rrb- robert steelers morris university -lrb- defensive line -rrb- arizona cardinals -lrb- wide -lrb- receivers -rrb- arizona cardinals -lrb- passing game coordinator -rrb- arizona offensive cardinals -lrb- offensive coordinator -rrb- montreal alouettes -lrb- offensive coordinator/quarterbacks assistant -rrb- -rrb- buffalo bills -lrb- offensive coordinator 09 april 1970 mike miller -lrb- american football coach -rrb-
 mike miller clarion university
mike miller -lrb- american football coach -rrb-

mike miller -lrb- born april 9 , 1970 -rrb- is an american football coach .
he was the offensive coordinator for the arizona cardinals of the national football league from 2011 to 2012 , and the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the montreal alouettes of the canadian football league in 2013 .
miller graduated in 1988 from plum high school in plum , pennsylvania , a suburb of pittsburgh .
he also earned a bachelor 's degree in communications from clarion university of pennsylvania and a master 's degree in education form robert morris university .
miller 's first exposure to the professional sports scene was as a public relations intern .
he held internships with the pittsburgh steelers , pittsburgh penguins and indianapolis colts .
during this time , he also helped the scouting department and learned the inner workings of the coaching profession .
he also gain valuable experience as a graduate assistant at robert morris university where he coached under veteran nfl coaches joe walton and dan radakovich .
in 1999 , bill cowher offered miller his first official coaching position as an offensive quality control coach with the pittsburgh steelers .
at this position , miller worked closely with offensive coordinator mike mularkey .
in 2004 , mularkey was named head coach for the buffalo bills and offered miller a position on his staff .
mularkey was eventually fired and miller landed a coaching job with the berlin thunder of nfl europa in 2006 .
in 2007 , ken whisenhunt was named as head coach of the arizona cardinals and offered miller a position on his staff .
like mularkey , whisenhunt first worked with miller on the steelers coaching staff .
miller spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons as the wide receivers coach for the arizona cardinals .
in 2008 , his top two receivers larry fitzgerald and anquan boldin were named to the pro bowl .
also in 2008 , fitzgerald , boldin and steve breaston each gained over 1000 receiving yards , a feat only accomplished five times in nfl history .
he also helped the team reach super bowl xliii in 2009 .
in 2011 miller was named the offensive coordinator for the arizona cardinals .
miller joined the montreal alouttes of the canadian football league as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under the patronage of new head coach dan hawkins .
miller worked directly with anthony calvillo to help ease the offensive changes under the instruction of hawkins .
however , the offence struggled through the first 5 weeks of the 2013 cfl season , resulting in hawkins being fired .
upon hawkins being fired miller was demoted to a consultant/learning role .
