Washington and Lee University

Frank Miriello served as W&L's head football coach for 17seasons.  He led the Generals to a pair of conferencechampionships and a .500 or better record in 12 of his 17years.  He finished as the program's all-time winningest coachwith a 90-79-1 overall record.

A five-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach of the Yearhonoree, Miriello steered the Generals to two of the threepostseason berths in school history, including both NCAA Tournamentappearances.  He has also mentored his athletes to 61 firstteam all-conference citations.

The last eight seasons were among the best in the history of theprogram.  During that time, Miriello led W&L to a 50-31overall record and a 31-17 record in conference play. His 2011 teamfinished 8-2 overall, while his 2010 team went 8-3 overall, won theODAC title and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament. He wasnamed the ODAC Coach of the Year after guiding the Generals totheir best season in 39 years.

Miriello's 2006 team posted a 7-4 overall record and won theprogram's first conference title in 21 years while making thefirst-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament.  He was namedthe ODAC Coach of the Year, AFCA Region Coach of the Year andSportexe Division III Coach of the Year for his efforts.  

The 2006 season followed a 7-3 record in 2005 and a 6-4 mark in2004. Miriello earned his third ODAC Coach of the Year award in2004 after leading a Generals’ squad that was picked tofinish in a last place tie to a 6-4 overall record and third-placeshowing in the conference standings. He also earned the award in1996 when he led an inexperienced team to a 5-5 overall record. Hissecond award came following the 2001 season when he guided theGenerals to a tie for second place in the conference.

Miriello’s inaugural season in 1995 was the best for afirst-year coach at W&L since 1922 when James DeHart led theteam to an identical 5-3-1 mark.

Prior to becoming the head coach, Miriello was the defensivecoordinator for former W&L coach Gary Fallon, who was theprogram's winningest coach until the 2010 season.

Miriello has been involved in coaching football for more than 40years, including head coaching duties at four Pennsylvania highschools: Southern Columbia (1972-75), Warrior Run High School(1975-77), Steelton High (1985) and Mercersburg Academy (1986-89).He has also served as a college coach at W&L, Hampden-Sydney,VMI and now at Coastal Carolina.

Miriello began his college coaching career at W&L in 1978 asa member of Fallon’s first staff. He coached the offensiveline and remained on staff for four years, helping W&L to itsfirst ODAC title in 1981.

Miriello moved to ODAC-rival Hampden-Sydney for the 1982 seasonas defensive coordinator and helped the Tigers to the ODACchampionship. He then came back to Lexington to work at VMI.Miriello served on the Keydets’ staff for two years coachinglinebackers and defensive ends and running the conditioningprogram.

After one year as the head coach at Steelton (Pa.) High, hebecame the head football coach, head lacrosse coach and physicaleducation department chairman at Mercersburg Academy inMercersburg, Pa., in 1986. At Mercersburg he compiled one of thebest four-year records in football at the boarding school,including a 7-1 mark in 1988 that was the best at the school since1924 and the first winning season at the school in nearly a quarterof a century. His final lacrosse team in 1990 went 8-3.

Miriello then rejoined the W&L staff in the summer of 1990as an assistant football and lacrosse coach. In 1991, he was nameddefensive coordinator and he developed W&L into one of the topdefenses in the ODAC.

Miriello is a 1967 graduate of East Stroudsburg (Pa.) Universitywhere he was a three-year starter in the defensive backfield.Miriello helped East Stroudsburg to two conference championshipsand earned all-conference honors his senior year while serving as aco-captain. He was named East Stroudsburg’s Scholar-Athletefor the 1966-67 school year.

Miriello also had a stellar career at Kulpmont Area High Schoolin Pennsylvania. He served as a co-captain for the football,basketball and baseball teams. In football he was a three-yearstarter and an honorable mention all-state selection at runningback by UPI his senior year. He was inducted into Kulpmont’sHall of Fame in 1991.

Miriello and his wife, Dee, have a son, T.D.

MIRIELLO YEAR-BY-YEAR AT W&L