SJU Track and Field Coach Tim Miles
Saint John's University track and field coach Tim Miles is in his 29th season as head coach in 2008. Miles graduated from Saint John's in 1976 and received his master's degree in forestry from the University of 
Minnesota in 1979.
As an athlete at Saint John's, Miles was an All-MIAC performer in cross country and the MIAC six-mile run champion and steeplechase runner-up on the track as a senior in 1976. Miles returned to Saint John's in 1979 as head coach of the cross country and track and field programs.
He has produced a winning program that has finished among the MIAC's top two squads in 20 of the past 29 seasons, including MIAC championships in 1997, 1999, 2005 and 2007. Miles won MIAC Coach of the Year honors in 2004, 2005 and 2007. At the national level, Miles' athletes have put together 46 Division III All-America performances since 1980.
Miles also serves as the head cross country coach at Saint John's. He has produced a winning program that has finished among the MIAC's top two squads in 22 of the past 28 seasons, including nine MIAC titles (1981, 1982, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006 and 2007). He has had 19 cross country teams qualify for the national meet, with 17 recording top-15 finishes.
Miles is a resident of nearby St. Joseph.
Tim Miles' Record at Saint John's
Year / MIAC / MIAC Points
1980 / 2nd / 92
1981 / 2nd / 128
1982 / 2nd / 121
1983 / 4th / 84
1984 / 3rd / 80
1985 / 3rd / 90
1986 / 2nd / 125.5
1987 / 3rd / 120
1988 / 2nd / 140
1989 / 2nd / 121
1990 / 4th / 85
1991 / 2nd / 116.5
1992 / 3rd / 105.5
1993 / 2nd / 136.5
1994 / 2nd / 115.5
1995 / 2nd / 134.0
1996 / 2nd / 156.5
1997 / 1st / 211.0
1998 / 2nd / 163.5
1999 / 1st / 217.7
2000 / 3rd / 111.5
2001 / 3rd / 117
2002 / 3rd / 111
2003 / 2nd / 148.5
2004 / 2nd / 188
2005 / 1st / 172.5
2006 / 2nd / 161.3
2007 / 1st / 225
2008 / 2nd /
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