HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State Police administrator who guided the agency through the Amish schoolhouse murders is leaving for a job as a security official with the National Football League.

Col. Jeffrey Miller, 45, said he will direct the NFL's strategic security program, working on issues that have to do with the integrity of the game, from fan conduct to event security planning. "It's a really exciting opportunity, one that I consider to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Miller said.

The Harrisburg native enlisted with the state police in 1984, when he was 21 and was promoted to commissioner in 2003.

In the aftermath of the 2006 tragedy when a gunman killed five Amish girls, Miller was praised for balancing the public's need for information and the Amish community's desire for privacy.