University of Tennessee Athletics
Football
Carl Miller
- Title:
- Associate Director of Football Sports Performance
Carl Miller was named Tennessee’s associate director of football sports performance in January 2026.
Miller comes to Rocky Top as a national champion with Indiana where he was the Hoosiers’ assistant athletic performance coach under Derek Owings. The two worked closely the last two seasons during a historic stretch that saw Indiana produce a 27-2 overall record, two College Football Playoff appearances, a Big Ten title and the school's first national championship in January 2026.
Miller trained a Heisman Trophy winner (Fernando Mendoza), 11 All-America recipients, 23 All-Big Ten selections (first, second or third team) and four Big Ten individual award winners from 2024-25. The heralded offensive line was a finalist for the 2025 Joe Moore Award.
Prior to Indiana, Miller spent four seasons at Wyoming (2020-23) and helped the Cowboys to three consecutive winning seasons, three straight bowl appearances and three victories over Colorado State in the Border War. A victory in the 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl accounted for the ninth win of the season, the program’s most since 1996 (10).
He trained Chad Muma, who was a third-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft after earning second-team All-America honors at linebacker in 2021. Seven total Cowboys earned first-team All-MWC in Miller’s four seasons.
His contributions to Wyoming came in the development of a speed program and linemen training routine that aided the Cowboys on-field performance.
After one season as an intern at Mercer (2013), Miller moved into a full-time role and spent the next five seasons (2014-18) working with the football and nationally-ranked baseball program where he worked his way up to director of strength and conditioning.
Miller tutored the only football All-American in program history when Chandler Curtis was named third-team All-America by the Associated Press in 2014. Twelve Bears earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors, and quarterback Kaelan Riley was named the 2017 So-Con Freshman of the Year.
The Bear baseball program won three So-Con titles and made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Kyle Lewis was a first-round selection in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and won the Golden Spikes Award as the national player of the year as named by USA Baseball.
A native of Pinckney, Michigan, Miller began his career with one season each in the strength and conditioning programs at Eastern Michigan (2011) and Wayne State (2012).
After he earned his associate degree in exercise science from Washtenaw Community College in 2010, Miller completed his bachelor’s degree in exercise science at Eastern Michigan in 2012.
Miller’s professional certificates include Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), USA Weightlifting Level One, Running Mechanics Professional Levels One and Two, FRC Mobility Specialist, Reflexive Performance Reset Level One and CPR/AED.
The Miller File
Hometown: Pinckney, Mich.
Education: Washtenaw CC, 2010 (associate degree in exercise science); Eastern Michigan, 2012 (bachelor’s degree in exercise science)
Coaching History
2011: Eastern Michigan, Strength & Conditioning Intern
2012: Wayne State, Head Strength & Conditioning Intern
2013: Mercer, Strength & Conditioning Intern
2014-17: Mercer, Assistant Director of Strength Conditioning
2018: Mercer, Director of Football Strength & Conditioning
2019: Colorado State, Associate Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2020-23: Wyoming, Associate Head Coach of Strength & Conditioning
2024-26: Indiana, Assistant Athletic Performance Coach
2026-present: Tennessee, Associate Director of Football Sports Performance
Miller comes to Rocky Top as a national champion with Indiana where he was the Hoosiers’ assistant athletic performance coach under Derek Owings. The two worked closely the last two seasons during a historic stretch that saw Indiana produce a 27-2 overall record, two College Football Playoff appearances, a Big Ten title and the school's first national championship in January 2026.
Miller trained a Heisman Trophy winner (Fernando Mendoza), 11 All-America recipients, 23 All-Big Ten selections (first, second or third team) and four Big Ten individual award winners from 2024-25. The heralded offensive line was a finalist for the 2025 Joe Moore Award.
Prior to Indiana, Miller spent four seasons at Wyoming (2020-23) and helped the Cowboys to three consecutive winning seasons, three straight bowl appearances and three victories over Colorado State in the Border War. A victory in the 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl accounted for the ninth win of the season, the program’s most since 1996 (10).
He trained Chad Muma, who was a third-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft after earning second-team All-America honors at linebacker in 2021. Seven total Cowboys earned first-team All-MWC in Miller’s four seasons.
His contributions to Wyoming came in the development of a speed program and linemen training routine that aided the Cowboys on-field performance.
After one season as an intern at Mercer (2013), Miller moved into a full-time role and spent the next five seasons (2014-18) working with the football and nationally-ranked baseball program where he worked his way up to director of strength and conditioning.
Miller tutored the only football All-American in program history when Chandler Curtis was named third-team All-America by the Associated Press in 2014. Twelve Bears earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors, and quarterback Kaelan Riley was named the 2017 So-Con Freshman of the Year.
The Bear baseball program won three So-Con titles and made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Kyle Lewis was a first-round selection in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and won the Golden Spikes Award as the national player of the year as named by USA Baseball.
A native of Pinckney, Michigan, Miller began his career with one season each in the strength and conditioning programs at Eastern Michigan (2011) and Wayne State (2012).
After he earned his associate degree in exercise science from Washtenaw Community College in 2010, Miller completed his bachelor’s degree in exercise science at Eastern Michigan in 2012.
Miller’s professional certificates include Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), USA Weightlifting Level One, Running Mechanics Professional Levels One and Two, FRC Mobility Specialist, Reflexive Performance Reset Level One and CPR/AED.
The Miller File
Hometown: Pinckney, Mich.
Education: Washtenaw CC, 2010 (associate degree in exercise science); Eastern Michigan, 2012 (bachelor’s degree in exercise science)
Coaching History
2011: Eastern Michigan, Strength & Conditioning Intern
2012: Wayne State, Head Strength & Conditioning Intern
2013: Mercer, Strength & Conditioning Intern
2014-17: Mercer, Assistant Director of Strength Conditioning
2018: Mercer, Director of Football Strength & Conditioning
2019: Colorado State, Associate Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2020-23: Wyoming, Associate Head Coach of Strength & Conditioning
2024-26: Indiana, Assistant Athletic Performance Coach
2026-present: Tennessee, Associate Director of Football Sports Performance
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