After weeks of rumors and controversy, a former Iowa State women’s volleyball coach was charged May 11 with falsifying information on her resume.

Thirty-six-year-old Kerry Miller is being charged under an Iowa criminal statue regarding “prohibitions relating to false academic degrees, grades or honors,” which is a serious misdemeanor, said Loras Jaeger, director of ISU’s Department of Public Safety.

Miller was hired as head volleyball coach in June 1998 by ISU Athletic Director Gene Smith.

Miller listed on her application to ISU that she was a three-year letterwinner with the Arizona Wildcats, as well as the 1983 Southwestern Conference Rookie of the Year while with the University of Houston. Both of those credentials are false.

She also claimed that she had a degree from the University of Arizona, where she attended classes but never graduated.

Miller, who also is facing allegations of violating NCAA policy, resigned as head coach shortly before the end of the spring semester. She had a 3-27 record in her one season at ISU.

The investigation into the Miller case was conducted by DPS.

Jaeger said his department was asked by the Story County Attorney’s Office May 5 to conduct an inquiry to determine whether there were grounds for Miller’s arrest.

After an investigation led DPS to evidence sufficient for an arrest, officers tried to arrest Miller at her Ames residence May 11, but she was not there.

“We have not arrested her yet,” Jaeger said. “She’s out of state [in New Jersey].”

Jaeger said all of DPS’s reports on the Miller case are completed, and the department will not continue with its work unless contacted by the County Attorney’s Office again.

“The decision [whether to arrest Miller in New Jersey] is left for the county attorney,” he said. “At this point, we’re out of it.”

County Attorney Steven Holmes is on vacation and unavailable for comment.

Tom Kroeschell, director of Media Relations for the ISU Athletic Department, said department officials currently are working on forming a search committee for a new head coach.

“We will be moving forward, obviously, with selecting a new volleyball coach,” he said, noting that department officials have vowed to thoroughly check every candidate’s background.

“[Smith] has said that, obviously, we will be looking for a new candidate, with a stringent look at perspective applicants’ qualifications,” he said.

Kroeschell also said the ISU Athletic Department will recover from the Miller situation.

“I don’t think there’s any question that we are moving forward, and we are now concentrating our efforts on getting the best volleyball coach we can for Iowa State University,” he said.