John Millar to Wake Forest

Mike, would you give it a rest already?

any word on who will head up the distance guys? millar going to coach xc?

What's going on. No coaches have been announced and its less than 2 weeks til the athletes report. Anyone?

Why havent there been any news

there has been..today actually, but its secretive and will be released monday. dont ask me why

Wake's got a position open for assistant coach/women's distance on their website right now.

a new era wrote:

there has been..today actually, but its secretive and will be released monday. dont ask me why

Any word yet?

moving1 wrote:

Any word yet?

It will be formally announced today. Millar is already listed on the faculty/staff directory on the Wake website.

They are looking to hire assistants for men's and women's distance. The women's assistant job was posted on Wake's site (I believe it closes today) and apparently they are down to 2 to 3 candidates for the men's assistant coach/distance. Word on the street is that Brad Hunt and Sean McManus are two of the three in the running but who really knows until a hire is made.

As an ND alum and someone who has worked with and talked to Coach Millar in a variety of capacities I believe it was the right time for him after 19 years at ND. He does have a distance pedigree of his own (mentioned the fact above that he was a sub 4 minute miler and his wife also a solid distance runner) and their son James is doing well working out East after graduating from ND in 2008. Coach Millar had his eyes on a few openings in the past 3 years (hence the reason he was made associate head coach at ND) but now with no other ties to South Bend this makes sense. Wake Forest sounds like a good situation. Never underestimate what good weather (compared to South Bend) will do for a golf fanatic.

While the money has always gone towards the distance runners at ND, he did a nice job with the sprint/hurdle crew. Keep in mind he had to deal with very difficult admission standards and couldn't recruit from the same pool many schools can. Also, Charlie Weis did not allow football players to run track, whereas at the beginning of his careeer at ND Lou Holtz and Bob Davie did and hence Millar had the opportunity to work with some elite ND football athletes many of whom are still school record holders...Rocket Ismail, Bobby Brown, etc. ND has also changed strengthy coaches several times in the last five years due to football staff changes and I believe that inconsistency was frustrating to work with. Furthermore, he organized the Meyo and Wilson indoor meets and always ran a good show at these events. Coach Millar is very easy going and business like and has a great level of technical knowledge in the hurdles. He will be sorely missed in South Bend. Big shoes to fill indeed.

Interesting...

Dicky V wrote:

Interesting...

I'm hearing that Ryan Cole of Arizona State is another guy in the mix for the men's distance job.

Millar isn't listed on the Wake Forest website anywhere? Not in the staff directory as stated. Does anyone really know what's going on?

Hey Bud wrote:

moving1 wrote:

Any word yet?

It will be formally announced today. Millar is already listed on the faculty/staff directory on the Wake website.

They are looking to hire assistants for men's and women's distance. The women's assistant job was posted on Wake's site (I believe it closes today) and apparently they are down to 2 to 3 candidates for the men's assistant coach/distance. Word on the street is that Brad Hunt and Sean McManus are two of the three in the running but who really knows until a hire is made.

John Millar is listed as the track and cross country coach on the staff/faculty directory. You can look him up in WIN if you're a wake forest student.

Search Results:Name Millar, John Matthew (John)Title nullDepartment Athletics: Track & Cross Ctry-Men© Wake Information Network 2001

Elizabeth's Pizza wrote:

Millar isn't listed on the Wake Forest website anywhere? Not in the staff directory as stated. Does anyone really know what's going on?

Hey Bud wrote:

It will be formally announced today. Millar is already listed on the faculty/staff directory on the Wake website.

They are looking to hire assistants for men's and women's distance. The women's assistant job was posted on Wake's site (I believe it closes today) and apparently they are down to 2 to 3 candidates for the men's assistant coach/distance. Word on the street is that Brad Hunt and Sean McManus are two of the three in the running but who really knows until a hire is made.

Alright "hey bud" today has come and gone. Who is the distance coach???

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I am not sure at all about the coaching situation but I thought because there were probably some people on this board that run in the woods behind the miller center I just wanted to update you in the issue we had earlier this summer with the 2 dogs that were found to have rabies. We have gone 6 weeks now with out finding any animals to have any bite marks or tested positive in any way for rabies so I think we are in the clear but with all the students coming back and the activity level increasing in those woods we as a staff just want everyone to be careful and if you see anything that might resemble a rabid dog or for that matter any other rabid animal please contact campus police immediately

"director of track and field"

Alright now wrote:

Alright "hey bud" today has come and gone. Who is the distance coach???

No idea who will be named distance coach.