I have in my possession an absorbing new book “Miller Time,’’ which is essentially the life story of John Miller, father of UA coach Sean Miller.
It is 255 pages of insight into the development of Miller and the life and times of his family, especially his father, a legendary coach from Western Pennsylvania.
John Miller overcame polio, survived being run over by a semi-truck and, well, it’s like something out of a movie.
When I learned the book was written by a first-time author, David Burhenn, a school teacher in Aliquippa, Pa., I suspected it might be a thin, superficial, hero-worship type work you can get for 99 cents online and read in 25 minutes.
But this one has substance and details I’ve never heard about Miller and his basketball-centric family. It is outstanding.
“My dad gave me the greatest gift that one can, and that is attention,’’ Sean Miller tells Burhenn. “I was around him all the time. There wasn’t a game or practice or any event in his life that I wasn’t good enough to go with him. A lot of myself now as a person and as a coach comes from me watching him as a kid.’’
The book will be available via Word Association Publishers later this month. I’ll write a full story about it later this week.
