Former Tech wrestling coach Johnny Miller passes away at 91
Johnny Miller, who established the Tennessee Tech wrestling team and served as coach as well as instructor in Health and Physical Education, died Thursday in Cookeville at the age of 91.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Johnny Miller established and coached the
Tennessee Tech wrestling team throughout in the late 1970s. On
Thursday, the former coach and educator died at the age of 91 in
Cookeville. He served as a health education in the Department of
Health and Physical Education as well as the supervisor for student
teachers until his retirement in 1990 at the age of 70.
The family will receive friends on Saturday (Feb. 16) from 5 to 8
p.m., at the Crestlawn Funeral Home in Cookeville. Funeral
services are set for Sunday, February 17, at 2 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Miller spent three seasons as advisor to the Tech Wrestling Club,
and helped elevate the group to a varsity sport in 1977-78. During
college, Miller wrestled for Appalachian State and then for the
U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He coached eight years at Emory
College, two at Vanderbilt and six at Tech.
Prior to Tech, he served on the faculties at Emory, George Peabody
College, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he was
chairman of the Health and Physical Education Department.
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