Report: Aaron Miles to be named G League head coach

By Matt Tait Jul 18, 2017

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Kansas forward Carlton Bragg Jr. (15), center visits with former KU guard and assistant director of student-athlete developmen, Aaron Miles prior to the start of KU's game against the Texas Longhorns Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

Two years after leaving his job at Kansas to advance in the coaching ranks, former KU point guard Aaron Miles is poised to become a head coach.

According to a report from 2 Ways & 10 Days, which extensively covers the NBA’s developmental league, Miles soon will be named the head coach of the Golden State Warriors’ G League affiliate the Santa Cruz Warriors.

Miles, who spent the bulk of his professional playing career in Europe, began his life after college basketball as an undrafted addition by Golden State. He was cut before his contract became fully guaranteed and actually spent time playing in the G League (formerly the D League), with former Kansas teammate Keith Langford in Fort Worth, Texas.

Following his playing career, Miles returned to KU, where he spent the 2015-16 season working as KU’s assistant director of student-athlete development before moving into a full-time assistant coaching position under former KU assistant Joe Dooley at Florida Gulf Coast.

Several Kansas players, including reigning national player of the year Frank Mason III, said Miles’ presence around the program was critical to their development, both as players and in helping them comprehend the culture of Kansas basketball under KU coach Bill Self.

The Portland native who remains the all-time assists leader in both KU and Big 12 history helped lead FGCU to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament berth last season during a 26-8 season.

According to the report, Miles, who will become the third coach in Santa Cruz history, will replace Casey Hill, who served as the Santa Cruz Warriors head coach for four seasons. Hill won a G League championship with the Warriors during the 2014-15 season.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.