GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Mike White has been looking for a new assistant coach on his basketball staff after losing lead assistant Dusty May to the FAU head coaching job a week ago.

Could a former Gators great be a potential candidate to replace him?

The Commercial Appeal in Memphis reports that Miller has received recent interest from Florida about its opening. But Miller is also considered a leading candidate for a job on new Memphis coach Penny Hardaway's staff with the Tigers.

Writes the Commercial Appeal:

Over the past week, Miller also fielded interest from Florida, the school he starred at in college; TCU, the school his older brother currently works at as an assistant coach; and Louisville. "I’m going to do something. It’s just got to fit for them and me,” Miller said after Monday’s practice ended. “There’s a couple attractive things that are going on right now that I’m interested in and we’ll see what happens.”

Miller, of course, is a very prominent figure in Florida basketball history. Many credit him with being the player who really launched the Billy Donovan era after Donovan beat out then-Kansas coach Roy Williams to land Miller in Gainesville.

The star player then went on to lead Florida to the 2000 national championship game, finishing his two-year career averaging 13.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, while also dealing out 2.3 assists and nabbing 1.2 steals per contest.

He'd certainly be a good fit in Gainesville; Miller has been active working with top basketball prospects at the AAU and high school level. And White would have no trouble selling him to Gators fans.

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