GCU Hockey Camps

Women's Head Coach Reid Miller

“Movin’ on up” is something Reid Miller has been doing ever since he first joined the GCU Ice Hockey fold in 2021, and in 2024-25, his newest milestone is as the head coach of the Lopes’ Women’s Hockey team for the first time. It’s his second Lopes’ head coaching job, since Miller moves over from being the head coach for the GCU Division 2 Men’s Hockey squad last season.

There isn’t an aspect of the Lopes’ Hockey program that Miller hasn’t been a part for the past four years. Miller began his coaching career as a Lopes’ assistant in 2021, helping Danny Roy in all aspects of the Lopes’ Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 Men’s Hockey squads for two years. He then ascended to the D2 head job in December of 2022, and promptly led the Lopes to the 2023 WCHC Conference title.

Miller has been working towards his current success ever since first picking up a hockey stick at the age of 5 while growing up in Flagstaff. Miller and his family moved down Interstate 17 to Phoenix when Reid was 11, and while attending Williams Field High School in Gilbert, he impressed enough scouts while playing club hockey and participating in the USA National Development Camp that he was drafted by teams in both the Western and North American Hockey Leagues. He played one year for the NAHL’s Aston Rebels before settling in for three seasons with the Connecticut Junior Rangers of the National Collegiate Development Conference. After being named an NCDC All-Star in his second year, Miller decided to hang up the skates for good after the 2020-21 season.

Along the way, Miller has spent time as a strength and conditioning coach for the Arizona Titans’ Youth Hockey team, and currently owns and runs a personal training business in Gilbert. Miller also earned his Level 4 Coaching Certificate from USA Hockey in December of 2022.