A source close to the Panther men’s basketball team said Kansas State associate head coach Mike Miller will be on campus Friday to interview for the men’s basketball head coaching vacancy.

Miller works closely with the day-to-day, on-the-floor coaching duties at Kansas State. He also plays a major role in recruiting, including helping Kansas State sign three Top 25 recruiting classes.

Miller helped Kansas State post its first winning season in six years in 2004-05 with a 17-12 overall record.

The Monmouth native has been a protege of Wildcat head coach Jim Wooldridge as one of his top assistants at both Texas State and Kansas State.

At the age of 29, Miller became the second-youngest Division I men’s basketball head coach and the 11th men’s basketball coach in Texas State history.

In 1997, Miller was part of a Bobcat basketball program, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in four years. That berth was his first as a head coach and came as Miller was named the Southland Conference Coach of the Year.

The Bobcats claimed the conference postseason title before falling to Final Four-bound Minnesota in a first-round match-up in Kansas City.

The Daily Herald and Comcast SportsNet reported Illinois assistant coach Jay Price is rumored as a candidate for Eastern’s head-coaching vacancy.

Illinois sports information director Kent Brown said Illinois had no official position on Price leaving and gave no official comment to the most recent reports involving Eastern’s interest.

Eastern director of athletics Rich McDuffie had no comment on the interviews occurring Thursday and Friday.