Athletics
Saint Michael's
Vermont
Saint Michael's
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Saint Michael's
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Saint Michael's
Mass.-Lowell
Concordia (N.Y.)
Saint Michael's
Men's Basketball
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| Ari Shapiro-Miller | ||
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| Fourth season | ||
Ari Shapiro-Miller returns to the Saint Michael's men's basketball staff for his fourth season as an assistant coach in 2009-10, and his second season as the program's top assistant coach. Shapiro-Miller helped lead the Purple Knights to a 16-13 season in his first year with the program in 2006-07, and he was promoted to the lead assistant role in September of 2008.
"Ari has been very effective in his role on the staff the past couple of years, and I look forward to his expanded role this coming year," said O'Shea upon Shapiro-Miller's promotion in September of 2008.
Shapiro-Miller, a graduate student at Saint Michael's who is pursuing his Master's degree in psychology, earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2004, majoring in sport management. While in Amherst, Shapiro-Miller worked under head men's basketball coach Steve Lappas as the team's film manager. His responsibilities for the NCAA Division I program included scouting, producing edit tapes, and managing the team's video editing technology.
Shapiro-Miller, whose father, Ronald Miller, is a professor of psychology at Saint Michael's, was a standout basketball player at nearby Champlain Valley Union High School. He earned a McDonald's All-American Honorable Mention nomination, an All-State nomination, and a First Team All-Metro selection in 1999-2000, the year he led CVU to the Vermont Division I State Semifinals (the program's first semifinal appearance since 1965). He went on to play collegiate basketball at Hamilton College in 2000-01.
Shapiro-Miller has been actively involved in many summer basketball camps. He has served as a coach and instructor at Five Star Camp, Eastern Invitational, Jim Boeheim Big Orange Basketball Camp, and the University of Massachusetts Basketball Camp, in addition to his work with Saint Michael's summer camps.
