Coach Mike Miello earned a B.S. in physical education and health from the University of Rhode Island in 1967. He obtained his Master’s in administration and supervision (K-12) from Seton Hall University in 1977.

He began his football coaching career at the University of Rhode Island, where he was a football starting tight end in 1964-65.

Miello began his high school coaching career in 1967 at Hackensack High School in New Jersey where he he was appointed head coach in 1970. He coached his team for seven seasons and led them to the 1971 Group four state championship.

Miello left Hackensack and took a position as athletic director and head football coach at Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes N.J. from 1978-2000. In 23 seasons with Ramapo as head football coach, he guided his team to four N.J. state championships and four Northern Bergen Interscholastic League titles. One hundred and forty-eight of his players went on to play football in college including Chris Simms, who now plays for the Tampa Bay Bucs in the NFL.

Miello moved on to Rutgers University in 2001 when protégé Greg Schiano was hired as their head coach. Schiano began his coaching career at Ramapo High School after playing for Miello at Ramapo. Miello served as recruiting coordinator/running backs coach in his first season before taking over as the assistant to the head coach for the next three years. His duties included recruiting and evaluation of player personnel.

Miello was hired as head football coach at Division 111 William Patterson University in N.J. in 2006 and is presently the head coach for 2007.

Off the field, Miello’s involvement in the community has earned him numerous accolades. He has been inducted into the N.J. Football Coaches Association and N.J. Interscholastic Coaches Halls of Fame. He was named the YMCA and Unico (Hackensack) Person of the Year in 2004. He was also the recipient of the President Gerald R. Ford Award from the All-American Football Foundation in 2003.

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