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Miller, Derek
Derek Miller
- Title:
- Recruiting General Manager
- Email:
- DukeFBRecruiting@duke.edu
- Phone:
- (919) 668-2722
Derek Miller joined the Blue Devil gridiron program in January 2022, and serves as the recruiting general manager.
At Duke, Miller oversees advance scouting and recruiting efforts for the football program, while administering camps and clinics. He was a student manager at Bowling Green State University when Duke head coach Mike Elko was the defensive coordinator for the Falcons (2012-13).
Miller comes to Durham after a one-year stint at East Carolina University as its director of football player personnel and recruiting. While there, he coordinated prospect visits, on-campus evaluations, walk-on tryouts, creative media oversight, and served as the scouting coordinator.
Before his time in Greenville, Miller was the director of football operations and player personnel at his alma mater Bowling Green before being elevated to the general manager. In 2020, he directed all non-coaching aspects of the program, which included budget management, recruiting, academic and APR monitoring, team travel, summer camps, community service, Pro Day and daily operations. From a recruiting standpoint, Miller led the identification, evaluation and acquisition process, along with organizing prospect visits and providing creative leadership to the team's social media and graphics efforts.
Prior to a one-year, off-campus position as the director of football sales with Front Rush, LLC in Charlotte, Miller served as the assistant director of personnel at Louisiana State University (2017, 2014-15) and University of Southern California (2016).
During that time, he played an integral part in organizing three consensus national top-5 recruiting classes. In his second stint with the Tigers, Miller targeted and evaluated national prospects, planned recruiting travel itineraries for coaches and was the program's NFL liaison. While with the Trojans, which included a thrilling 52-49 Rose Bowl win over Penn State, Miller coordinated and presented prospect film evaluations to offensive staff members, had oversight of student employees and assisted the special teams coordinator on game day.
Miller also served in a supporting role for three collegiate running backs who ranked among the top-5 all-time in rushing yards at their respective institutions, including Leonard Fournette (LSU) and Ronald Jones (USC). In addition, he has worked alongside 78Â NFL Draft picks throughout his professional career.
As an undergraduate at Bowling Green, Miller joined the football program as a student manager in 2012 under then-head coach Dave Clawson. He graduated from there in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in sports management and a minor in psychology and was part of the Falcons’ 2013 Mid-American Conference championship team.
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