Former Atlanta Dream guard and standout Georgia Bulldogs player, Khaalidah Miller, has recently stepped into the role of assistant coach for the Midtown girls’ basketball team, bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to the court.

Miller, known by her students and players as Coach KM, has an extensive basketball background. According to ESPN, in the class of 2010, Miller was the number 36-ranked recruit and number 10-ranked guard recruit in the U.S., as well as the number 1 recruit in Georgia out of high school. As a five star, she was heavily recruited in middle school and throughout high school, receiving her first offer from Duke University in the seventh grade, with more offers quickly following.

“It was a handwritten letter with [Duke] offering me,” Miller said. “Then, the week after that Tennessee came, and then Kentucky, and then they all started rolling in. I had offers from everyone in the SEC, the ACC, the Big East, everybody.”

Miller graduated from Douglass High School, where she was named class 5A’s Player of the Year by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution her senior year. Her senior season, she averaged 29.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.4 steals, 2.5 blocks and 1.8 assists per game, and ended her last season with the Lady Astros 17-9. Throughout her high school career, she scored 2,097 points and was a four-year starter for Douglass. Out of the many offers Miller had, she signed with Georgia.

“I ended up deciding to sign with Georgia, not because it was at home, but just because when I took my official visit there, it felt like a home atmosphere,” Miller said. “I also had narrowed down my choices to Rutgers, Georgia Tech, the University of Florida and Alabama, so I knew I wanted to stay in the Southeastern Conference and, at the time, Georgia was ranked number two in the nation.”