Cheryl Deann Miller was born on the 3rd January 1964, in Riverside, California USA, and is best known for being a former professional basketball player, considered to be one of the greatest female basketball players in the history of basketball, who was also the women’s basketball coach of the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. She is also recognized for being a reporter for the TNT Sports and NBA TV channels.
Have you ever wondered how rich Cheryl Miller is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Cheryl’s net worth is as high as $5 million, which has been accumulated through her successful involvement in the sports industry as a professional basketball player, coach and sportscaster.
Cheryl Miller Net Worth $5 Million
Cheryl Miller spent her childhood in her hometown, Riverside; she is the sister of Reggie Miller, an NBA Hall of Famer, and Darrell Miller, a retired Major League Baseball catcher. She attended Riverside Polytechnic High School, and there began playing basketball. As she excelled in it, she received the Dial Award in 1981, as well as she became the first player who was named four times an All-American by the “Parade” magazine. As a senior, Cheryl scored 105 points in one game against another high school. She finished her high school career setting the state record in a career with 3405 points. After matriculation, she became a student at the University Of Southern California (USC), where she continued to play for the college team in the position of forward. During her time at the USC, she scored 3,018 points, and had 1,534 rebounds. She won several prestigious awards, including the Naismith College Player of the Year three times, and was named NCAA Tournament MVP twice. Furthermore, she became the NCAA Champion with the USC in 1984 and 1985, and won the Wade Trophy.
After college graduation, she was drafted by several leagues and teams, including a team from the United States Basketball League, which is a men`s league, however, she had hurt her knee, and that stopped her from further pursuing her career as a professional basketball player.
Before she retired from playing basketball on a professional level, she was a part of the USA Women National team that won the gold medal in the Olympic Games, held in Los Angeles in 1984.
However, she stayed in the sport, working as assistant coach at the USC, and later becoming head coach of the team. She is currently the head coach of Langston University Women`s basketball team Langston Lions, and has been in that position since 2014, which has increased her net worth by a large margin.
In the past, she also worked as the head coach and general manager of the WNBA team Phoenix Mercury, which also added a lot to her net worth.
To speak further of her involvement in basketball, Cheryl worked for the ABC’s Wide World of Sports Sports and ESPN between 1987-1993, and she has been working as commentator for TNT; as early as 1995 she became a part of Turner Sports, and since then has contributed as a reporter and analyst for TBS and TNT, increasing further her net worth.
When it comes to speak about her personal life, there is no information in the media about Cheryl Miller, except the fact that her current residence is in Los Angeles, California.
