After career-ending neck injury, Mike Miller back at Grey Cup as special-teams coach for Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Miller helped Winnipeg make three straight appearances – winning twice – before being sidelined last year with a neck injury that ultimately ended his CFL career. On Sunday, the 35-year-old native of Riverview, N.B., will be on the sideline as the Bombers’ special-teams co-ordinator when they meet the Toronto Argonauts at B.C. Place Stadium.
The 6-foot, 215-pound Miller was a special-teams dynamo over 11 CFL seasons with Edmonton and Winnipeg . But he didn’t play all of last season after suffering his neck injury during training camp. And neither was coaching until Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea offered Miller the special-teams role. Although Miller wasn’t initially ready to stop playing, the opportunity to remain in the game as a coach was too good to pass up.
“Then when it came about, I thought staying in the game would be great and I’ve enjoyed it. I’m glad I was able to have this opportunity.”“Being in the league as long as I was, you watch the coaches and you knew how many hours they’re putting in,” Miller said. “You hear the stories of coaches sleeping in their office and putting in those hours so I had an understanding of it.
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