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Miller Named Regional Assistant Coach of the Year for Eighth Time
6/20/2025 1:52:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
Minnesota's Associate Head Coach coached Kostas Zaltos to an NCAA title in 2025.
MINNEAPOLIS - University of Minnesota Associate Head Coach Peter Miller was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year, the USTFCCCA announced on Friday. Miller coached Kostas Zaltos to a Big Ten and NCAA hammer throw title at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
For Miller, the regional honor is the eighth of his career in his 12th season at the 'U'. Miller has cemented himself as the premier throws coach in the region, and also nationally, as the former Gopher thrower has coached at least one All-American in a throwing event on either the men's or women's side in all 12 seasons as a coach at Minnesota. The 2025 men's hammer throw season goes down as a historic one with Angelos Mantzouranis' NCAA silver medal pairing with Zaltos' NCAA championship. The 1-2 finish in the men's hammer throw made Minnesota the first team to do so since 2011 (Virginia Tech) at the NCAA Championships. With Miller's coaching the duo of Zaltos and Mantzouranis finished the season first and second in nine of the 10 meets they competed in together. Miller's coaching on the men's side was not limited to Zaltos and Mantzouranis with the Golden Gopher men's hammer throw group setting a new USTFCCCA 'Event Squad' record in the event as the first quartet (Zaltos, Mantzouranis, Schafer, Tzamtzis) to average over 70-meters (70.79m | 232-3).
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For Miller, the regional honor is the eighth of his career in his 12th season at the 'U'. Miller has cemented himself as the premier throws coach in the region, and also nationally, as the former Gopher thrower has coached at least one All-American in a throwing event on either the men's or women's side in all 12 seasons as a coach at Minnesota. The 2025 men's hammer throw season goes down as a historic one with Angelos Mantzouranis' NCAA silver medal pairing with Zaltos' NCAA championship. The 1-2 finish in the men's hammer throw made Minnesota the first team to do so since 2011 (Virginia Tech) at the NCAA Championships. With Miller's coaching the duo of Zaltos and Mantzouranis finished the season first and second in nine of the 10 meets they competed in together. Miller's coaching on the men's side was not limited to Zaltos and Mantzouranis with the Golden Gopher men's hammer throw group setting a new USTFCCCA 'Event Squad' record in the event as the first quartet (Zaltos, Mantzouranis, Schafer, Tzamtzis) to average over 70-meters (70.79m | 232-3).
For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X, Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.
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