Former Kansas University standout guard Aaron Miles wrapped up his first season with FGCU as an assistant coach in 2016-17.

In his only season with the Eagles in 2016-17, Miles helped FGCU post a 26-8 record, matching the program’s Division-I single-season wins record and securing the first single-digit loss campaign in the D-I era. The Eagles set a D-I program record for regular-season wins with 23, and finished the ASUN slate at 12-2 for a program-best .857 winning percentage.
 
Those 12 wins were enough for FGCU to claim its first outright ASUN regular-season title in program history (second overall; shared in 2013-14), and followed it up with a second-straight ASUN Tournament Championship. The Eagles played their sixth NCAA Tournament game in five seasons after receiving a program-best No. 14 seed and fell just short to No. 3 seed Florida State – the second-tallest team in the nation in 2016-17 – 86-80.
 
Miles was instrumental in developing point guard Brandon Goodwin, who was named the unanimous ASUN Newcomer of the Year after setting the program’s single-season scoring record with 629 points – the only player to ever eclipse the 600-point mark. The 6-2 point guard led FGCU in scoring (18.5) and assists (4.1), and finished 3rd in rebounding (4.5) and was named ASUN Newcomer of the Week a league-record six times (previous record: four).
 
FGCU set single-season D-I program records in points per game (79.4), field goal percentage (.499, 5th in the nation), free-throw percentage (.702), assists per game (15.5), scoring margin (+10.1) and rebound margin (+5.4). FGCU led the country in points in the paint per game (41.3) and finished 3rd in the nation with 159 dunks – 11 more than the original Dunk City Sweet Sixteen team in 2012-13.
 
A four-year starter at KU from 2001-05, Miles was coached and mentored by current FGCU head coach Joe Dooley – then an assistant coach with the Jayhawks – his final two seasons. Miles, who holds the Big 12 Conference record and ranks 9th in NCAA history with 954 career assists, spent the 2015-16 season on KU’s men’s basketball staff as an assistant director of student-athlete development.

A 2005 KU graduate who was also a two-time Academic All-Big 12 selection, Miles ended his college career with 1,183 points (36th on the KU career list), 264 steals (3rd) and 105 3-pointers (tied for 21st). His 137 career starts are 2nd on the KU all-time list, while his 16 NCAA Tournament games played are tied for the most in school history.
 
As a Jayhawk, Miles competed in two Final Fours, in 2002 in Atlanta and in 2003 in New Orleans. In his junior season, KU advanced to the NCAA Tournament Regional Final in St. Louis. Miles won three Big 12 regular-season championships, his third coming in his senior year in 2004-05, the first of the current 12-straight titles held by KU. In 2002, Miles was the starting point guard on the only team in Big 12 history to go undefeated (16-0) in league play. Additionally, he appeared on All-Big 12 teams his freshman (All-Freshman), sophomore (Honorable Mention), junior (Third Team) and senior (Second Team) seasons.
 
Following his KU career, Miles competed for the Golden State Warriors and the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League during the 2005-06 season. He then played in the Euroleague, where he appeared for several teams from 2006-10. He competed for Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez, which won the French Cup in 2007. The following season he participated with the Spanish ACB team Cajasol Sevilla. Miles played two seasons in Greece – with Panionios in 2008-09 and Aric BC in 2009-10. While with Panionios, he was selected to the HEBA Greek All-Star Game in 2009 and 2010.
 
Miles played the 2010-11 season for the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League and then returned to Europe, winning the Russian Cup in 2012 and 2013 while playing for BC Krasnye Krylya. In 2013 he was the Most Valuable Player of the Russian Cup and his Russian team also won the 2013 EuroChallenge. His last stop professionally before tearing his labrum which required surgery was with Russia’s Lokomotive Kuban.
 
Miles and his wife, Mikki, have four sons: Aaron Jr., Adonis, Asaiah and Avion.