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OHSAA Baseball Legend Doug Miller of East Canton, Central Catholic retires
Central Catholic baseball coach 1982-2016
East Canton baseball coach 2017-24
Age 72 (turns 73 in March 2025)
Career record: 790-355 (42 seasons)
Record at Central: 704-272 (35 seasons)
Record at East Canton: 86-83 (7 seasons)
* Led Central to 13 district championships, six regional championships and three state championships (2008, 2011, 2015).
* Central advanced to 18 straight district tournaments from 1994-2011 under Miller.
* Led East Canton to 2019 IVC North championship, the program's first league title of any kind since 1968 Senate League championship.
* 2006 inductee to Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
* 2023 inductee to National High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
* 2011 American Baseball Coaches Association Division III District 4 Coach of the Year.
* 2011 National High School Baseball Coaches Association Upper Midwest Region 4 Coach of the Year.
* 2016 OHSAA Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award.
* 790 career coaching wins rank third in Ohio high school baseball history according to unofficial OHSAA records.
Also served as:
Central Catholic girls basketball coach 9 years (1980-89)
Central Catholic boys basketball coach 13 years (1989-2002)
Central Catholic assistant football coach 17 years
Central Catholic assistant AD 12 years
Central Catholic AD 2 years
East Canton AD 6 years
Graduated from Canton Lincoln High School (played baseball for Hank Miller) and Malone College.