Chuck Mills Explained

Chuck Mills
Birth Date:1 December 1928
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Alma Mater:Illinois State University
Coach Years1:1951
Coach Team1:Chicago Mount Carmel HS (IL) (assistant)
Coach Years2:1952–1953
Coach Team2:Mendel Catholic HS (IL)
Coach Years3:1954
Coach Team3:North Chicago HS (IL)
Coach Years4:1955
Coach Team4:Loyola HS (CA)
Coach Years5:1956
Coach Team5:Citrus (line)
Coach Years6:1957–1958
Coach Team6:Pomona (assistant)
Coach Years7:1959–1961
Coach Team7:Pomona
Coach Years8:1962–1963
Coach Team8:Indiana State (PA)
Coach Years9:1964
Coach Team9:Merchant Marine
Coach Years10:1965
Coach Team10:Arizona (assistant)
Coach Years11:1966
Coach Team11:Kansas City Chiefs (assistant)
Coach Years12:1967–1972
Coach Team12:Utah State
Coach Years13:1973–1977
Coach Team13:Wake Forest
Coach Years14:1980–1988
Coach Team14:Southern Oregon
Coach Years15:1997
Coach Team15:Coast Guard
Admin Years1:1978–1980
Admin Team1:Blue–Gray Football Classic (exec. dir.)
Admin Years2:1980–1989
Admin Team2:Southern Oregon
Admin Years3:1989–1999[1]
Admin Team3:Coast Guard
Overall Record:132–133–5 (college)
Tournament Record:1–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Championships:1 FFC (1997)

Morton J. "Chuck" Mills (December 1, 1928 – January 18, 2021) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Pomona College (1957–1961), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1962–1963), the United States Merchant Marine Academy (1964), Utah State University (1967–1972), Wake Forest University (1973–1977), Southern Oregon University (1980–1988), and the United States Coast Guard Academy (1997).

Education

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mills graduated from Illinois State University in 1950.[2] [3] [4]

Coaching career

Hired in February 1967 at Utah State University, Mills was previously the offensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs,[5] [6] the champions of the American Football League (AFL). Previous USU head coach Tony Knap had resigned in January for an assistant coaching position with the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL).[7] [8]

During his six seasons at Utah State, Mills' Aggies went ; 8–3 marks in 1971 and 1972 were the best. He took the first American collegiate football team to Japan in December 1971;[9] the Japanese equivalent of the Heisman Trophy, known as the "Mills Trophy," is presented to the top collegiate football player in Japan each year.[10]

Death

In mid-January 2021, Mills was hospitalized in a Honolulu hospital for pneumonia and organ failure. He died on the morning of January 18, 2021, at age 92.

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. Vickie Fulkerson, Coast Guard coach, athletic director Chuck Mills left a legacy of wisdom, laughter, The Day, January 23, 2021, accessed June 12, 2024.
  2. Web site: Hoffmann . Doug . January 19, 2021 . Former Utah State head football coach Chuck Mills dies at age 92 . Cache Valley Daily . January 19, 2021.
  3. Web site: Judd . Brandon . Former Utah State football coach Chuck Mills dies . Deseret News . January 19, 2021 . January 19, 2021.
  4. Web site: Burglund . Matthew . Former IUP football coach Mills dies at 93 . The Indiana Gazette . January 19, 2021 . January 19, 2021.
  5. News: Ags name grid coach . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah) . February 9, 1967 . D1.
  6. News: USU grid coach maps battle plan . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah) . Ferguson . George . February 10, 1967 . D1.
  7. News: Aggies' Tony Knap resigns . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah) . Miller . Hack . January 18, 1967 . B2.
  8. News: Tony Knap resigns. Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 19, 1967. 11.
  9. News: Ceremony impressive . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah) . Flannery . John S.. (Utah State University Athletics). December 20, 1971 . B6.
  10. Web site: Nagatsuka . Kaz . Chuck Mills, who inspired Japan's college football to flourish, dies at 92 . Japan Times . January 19, 2021 . January 19, 2021 . January 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210119093120/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/01/19/more-sports/football/chuck-mills-obit/ . dead .