Tim Miles Fired by Nebraska After 7 Seasons as Head Coach

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have fired head basketball coach Tim Miles after seven seasons.

"Tim Miles is a good basketball coach who has put his heart, soul and energy into the Nebraska men's basketball program over the past seven years," Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos said in a statement on the team's official website.

"Ultimately, we have not maintained a level of consistent success and stability on the court, and after a full review I have made the decision to move in another direction for the leadership of our program."

Miles took to Twitter to offer his thoughts:

Miles went 116-114 while reaching the NCAA tournament just once during his seven years on the sideline in Lincoln. Nebraska went one-and-done in its lone NCAA tournament appearance under Miles, losing to Baylor in the Round of 64 back in 2013-14.

While an 11-2 start to this past season helped the Cornhuskers become ranked for the first time since since 2014-15, losing 15 of their final 23 games resulted in a 19-17 season. It marked the second consecutive year in which they were relegated to the NIT, where it was bounced by TCU in the second round.

Prior to Miles' arrival, the Cornhuskers were in the midst of a 14-year playoff drought. He wound up taking the team to the Big Dance in his second year on the job, but was unable to get it back there over the final five seasons.

Nebraska's 22 wins in 2017-18 were the most the program had recorded since 1990-91. However, the inability to truly build on that success proved costly.

Miles previously coached at Colorado State 2007 to 2012. While his 71-88 overall record may not stand out, he took the Rams from seven wins in his first season to 20 wins and an NCAA tournament berth in his final year.