9/6/2016 12:58 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Ex-49er fullback Bruce Miller isn’t the type of person who’d punch an elderly man … at least according to Miller’s H.S. coach … who says his former star is “a great kid.”
Miller allegedly beat up a 70-year-old man in a San Francisco hotel room this weekend … before being arrested for aggravated assault, elder abuse, threats and battery.
TMZ Sports spoke to Coach Mike O’Brien – Smith’s coach at Woodstock High School from ’04-’05 — about the heinous allegations against Miller.
O’Brien — who keeps in touch with Miller and last talked to him a few weeks ago — tells us, “He’s a great kid. Comes from a good family. Cares about people. That’s not the kid I know. It doesn’t sound like something he’d do.”
Coach O’Brien says his primary concern right now isn’t Miller’s football career (he was cut by the 49ers) … it’s his life.
“He’s facing some serious charges. I hope he gets this settled so he can move on with his life.”
