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Last updated on Monday, March 27, 2017
(BLOOMINGTON) - Indiana State University officials announced Saturday that Archie Miller will become the Hoosiers’ new basketball coach, replacing Tom Crean, who was fired March 16th.
The seven-year deal is worth an estimated $3.5 million per season, sources told ESPN.
"I am honored to be the head coach at Indiana University," Miller said Saturday in a statement. "IU is one of the greatest basketball programs and academic institutions in the country, and I cannot wait to get started. With peerless fan support, outstanding facilities and tradition, a beautiful campus, and located in one of the most fertile recruiting areas in the country, IU is a dream destination for me and my family."
The Hoosiers were 18-16 this season and failed to make the NCAA tournament for the second time in the past four years.
A news conference will be held today in Bloomington.
"While there was great interest in this position, Archie Miller was on my short list from the very beginning," Indiana athletic director Fred Glass said in a statement. "The more I learned about him, the more convinced I became that he is the coach we need to meet our high expectations for many years to come.
This will be the second head-coaching job for the 38-year-old Miller, who guided the Flyers to a 24-8 record and the school's first outright Atlantic 10 regular-season title this year. He has spent the past six seasons with the Flyers and led the program to the NCAA tournament each of the past four years. He went to the Elite Eight in 2014
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