Roots in the Steel City

Both Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis and Xavier’s Sean Miller share much more in common than presiding over two of Cincinnati’s high profile sports teams.
The two are from the Pittsburgh area. In fact, Lewis worked as an assistant coach for the University of Pittsburgh football team in the early 90s, at the same time Sean Miller played point guard for the Panthers. Even long before then, Lewis remembers Miller showing off his ballhandling skills as a youngster on the Johnny Carson show. When asked about Xavier’s success, Lewis said, “It’s great. I remember when Sean was the dribbling phenom as a youngster in his dad’s videos. So I’ve known of Sean for a long long time. I’m very happy with Xavier and where they are. They’ve got a big game Thursday night in Phoenix.”

Bob Huggins and the 7th seed West Virginia Mountaineers await the Muskies at US Airways Center. They’ll tip at 7:10.
It turns out Miller and Huggins have known each other since Sean was a teenager.
" Huggins is a flat-out winner,” Miller said.