The Charlotte football team is coming off a disappointing 2022 season, going 1-7 before firing Head Coach Will Healy. They finished the year 3-9. Offensive Coordinator Mark Carney was also fired, and the new head coach, Biff Poggi, entrusted Mike Miller to take up the role, naming the Maryland co-offensive coordinator and Charlotte native as the 49ers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in December 2022.
“Mike’s name was at the front of every conversation and recommendation when I spoke to people about up-and-coming play callers,” said Poggi. “He has coached with Brian Daboll and Nick Saban at Alabama, Dabo Swinney and Mike Locksley. These men are some of the best in our profession. Mike is a great teacher and mentor. Players love him and he loves his players. We have a star in Mike Miller.
Miller sat down with the Niner Times to share his expectations for the 2023 campaign.
Miller: It’s been good—a totally new team. We have acquired a lot of individual talent, and Biff is best at taking all that individual talent and becoming a talented team. We’re all coming from different programs, different journeys, different stories, different backgrounds. At our first team meeting, Biff said, ‘The coach’s job is to love the players and the player’s job is to love each other.’ That’s what we’ve been doing every day. There’s been growing pains, but it’s been great. I am really excited about the season.
