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egendary Boston State College Head Men's Basketball Coach JimLoscutoff said, "Ed is doing what no other player before him hasdone for me at State. He takes complete control of the coachingwhile on the floor. He is like a general out there, he really takescommand". That's high praise for Ed Miller, considered one of thegreatest point guards in Boston State history. The guard helped theWarriors to a 56-25 three-year record, good for a .691 winningpercentage. Miller was the Most Valuable Player as Boston State'sCo-Captain in 1970-71, while leading the squad to a 20-7 record andits first-ever New England State College Athletic ConferenceChampionship. He netted 22 points and dished for a pair of assistsin the semifinal contest vs. Rhode Island College, en-route to thetitle and was later named All-New England following the campaign.Miller led that team with 3.5 assists to go with a career-high 16.4points per game to as the team's second-leading scorer and pouredin a career-high 39 points vs. Bentley, earlier in the season. Hefinished the season with a .752 (124-165) free throw mark and nevershot lower than 70% from the line in any season during his careerto finish with a career percentage of .753 (216-287). His 175lifetime assists stood as the highest total of any player in BSChistory at the time to go with 762 points in 80 games. Millerfinished his career with one season of baseball for Boston State asa shortstop. Following his 1971 graduation from BSC, he compiled a275-130 (.680) record as a Head High School Varsity Boys BasketballCoach with stints at North Quincy (1972-87) and Marshfield(1987-94), before becoming the Director of Athletics for MarshfieldPublic Schools from 1992-99. He assumed the same position forQuincy Public Schools from 1999-2006 as well. He has remained aprominent figure in youth basketball circles, serving as aVice-Chairman for the Massachusetts Interscholastic AthleticAssociation Basketball Committee, President of the Suburban LeagueCoaches Association, Atlantic Coast League Athletic Directors andthe International Association of Approved Basketball OfficialsBoard 54 Basketball Officials. Miller is being inducted into histhird hall of fame with membership as one of the elite for theMassachusetts High School Basketball Coaches and North Quincy HighSchool Athletic Halls of Fame.