Chuck Mills

Chuck Mills
Biographical details
Born	December 1, 1928 (age 95)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951	Chicago Mount Carmel HS (IL) (assistant)
1952–1953	Mendel Catholic HS (IL)
1954	North Chicago HS (IL)
1955	Loyola HS (CA)
1956	Citrus JC (line)
1957–1958	Pomona (assistant)
1959–1961	Pomona
1962–1963	Indiana State (PA)
1964	Merchant Marine
1965	Arizona (assistant)
1966	Kansas City Chiefs (assistant)
1967–1972	Utah State
1973–1977	Wake Forest
1980–1988	Southern Oregon
1997	Coast Guard
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1978–1980	Blue–Gray Football Classic (exec. dir.)
1980–1989	Southern Oregon
1989–?	Coast Guard
Head coaching record
Overall	132–133–5 (college)
Tournaments	1–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs); 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 FFC (1997)

Morton J. "Chuck" Mills (born December 1, 1928) is a former American 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.

Coaching career

During his six years as Utah State's head coach, his teams went 38–23–1; 8–3 marks in 1971 and 1972 were the best. Mills took the first American collegiate football team to Japan. The Japanese equivalent of the Heisman Award, known as the "Mills Trophy," is presented to the top collegiate football player in Japan each year.

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#
Pomona Sagehens (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1959–1961)
1959	Pomona	5–4
1960	Pomona	2–7
1961	Pomona	5–4
Pomona-Pitzer:		12–15
Indiana State Indians (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1962–1963)
1962	Indiana State	5–2–1	4–1–1	T–2nd (West)
1963	Indiana State	7–1–1	5–1	2nd (West)
Indiana State:		12–3–2	9–2–1
Merchant Marine Mariners (NCAA College Division independent) (1964)
1964	Merchant Marine	3–7
Merchant Marine:		3–7
Utah State Aggies (NCAA University Division independent) (1967–1972)
1967	Utah State	7–2–1
1968	Utah State	3–7
1969	Utah State	7–3
1970	Utah State	5–5
1971	Utah State	8–3
1972	Utah State	8–3				T–17
Utah State:		38–23–1
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1973–1977)
1973	Wake Forest	1–9–1	0–5–1	7th
1974	Wake Forest	1–10	0–6	7th
1975	Wake Forest	3–8	3–3	T–3rd
1976	Wake Forest	5–6	3–3	3rd
1977	Wake Forest	1–10	0–6	7th
Wake Forest:		11–43–1	6–23–1
Southern Oregon Raiders (Evergreen Conference) (1980–1984)
1980	Southern Oregon	2–7	2–3	4th
1981	Southern Oregon	6–4	NA	NA
1982	Southern Oregon	6–4	3–1	3rd
1983	Southern Oregon	9–2	5–2	T–2nd
1984	Southern Oregon	6–4	4–3	4th
Southern Oregon Raiders (Columbia Football League) (1985–1987)
1985	Southern Oregon	2–6–1	1–4–1	6th (Southern)
1986	Southern Oregon	4–5	2–4	T–4th (Southern)
1987	Southern Oregon	7–4	4–2	T–2nd (Southern)	L NAIA Division I Quarterfinal
Southern Oregon Raiders (Columbia Football Association) (1988)
1988	Southern Oregon	5–4	3–3	T–3rd (Mount Hood)
Southern Oregon:		47–40–1	24–22–1
Coast Guard Bears (Freedom Football Conference) (1997)
1997	Coast Guard	9–2	6–0	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
Coast Guard:		9–2	6–0
Total:		132–133–5
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

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