Jay Miller, the USF men's soccer coach from 1987-93, was selected for the Tampa Bay Soccer Hall of Fame's inaugural 11-person induction class that will be honored next month in Tampa.

The TBSHOF's induction dinner is Thursday, Aug. 14 (5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.) at Higgins Hall, 5225 N. Himes Ave., on the campus of Tampa's St. Lawrence Catholic Church.

Miller helped the Bulls to three conference championships (Sun Belt in 1988 and 1990, Metro in 1991). Before arriving at USF, Miller was head coach for 10 seasons at the University of Tampa, which won the NCAA Division II national championship in 1981.

Miller has worked with the United States Soccer Federation as a national coaching coordinator, while also overseeing several U.S. national teams.

The TBSHOF's induction class includes six household-name pioneers from the Rowdies' glorious era in the North American Soccer League, three legendary head coaches, a longtime referee and a journalist who helped to promote the game at an unprecedented level.

Rowdies icons Mike Connell, Derek Smethurst and Steve Wegerle will be inducted, along with Coach Eddie Firmani, team executive Francisco Marcos and team owner George Strawbridge.

Other inductees include Coach Jim DiNobile, who guided two national-championship youth teams and Eckerd College's program; Coach Vicky King, a state champion and four-decade active leader of the Land O'Lakes High School girls program; Mike Mekelburg, a U.S. Soccer National Assignor and former referee; and Jim Henderson, a longtime journalist who began a versatile career in soccer by covering the colorful exploits of the early Rowdies as the Tampa Tribune's beat writer.