Charlotte officially introduces Wes Miller as new men’s basketball coach
Charlotte officially introduced Wes Miller as the school’s new men’s basketball coach Wednesday afternoon. Miller spent the last five seasons as the head coach at Cincinnati, and before that, nearly a decade at UNC Greensboro. RELATED: Charlotte 49ers fire head basketball coach On top of already coaching in North Carolina, Miller played his freshman year of high school basketball at Charlotte Country Day.
His mother lived here for 33 years. “What’s really special to me is that we’ve been that before, and I grew up in Charlotte,” Miller said. “Charlotte is home to me, and I get nostalgic thinking about this program, because when I was a kid, I’d come over to Prep Stars Basketball Camp, and my mother would drive me over here.
Coach [Bobby] Lutz had this thing humming. ” Miller is the first hire for new athletic director Kevin White, and Miller has a long list of tasks as the new head man, including getting the fan base behind the team. Wes Miller.
The Charlotte 49ers Men’s Head Basketball Coach. If you’ll notice, Miller paused the “walk-up” to get a fist bump with Norm the Niner. @wsoctv pic.
twitter. com/0kNCwghx9z — DaShawn Brown (@DaShawnWSOC9) March 25, 2026 “We’re going to make this a great experience for you guys. And 15,000 students on campus, is what I’ve been told,” Miller said.