Enoch J. Mills
Biographical details | |
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Born | Pleasanton, Kansas | July 23, 1880
Died | October 3, 1935 Denver, Colorado | (aged 55)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1903 | Denver |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1908–1909 | Baylor |
1918–1919 | Colorado |
Basketball | |
1908–1910 | Baylor |
1918–1924 | Colorado |
Baseball | |
1909 | Baylor |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 12–14–1 (football) 49–34 (basketball) 9–12 (baseball) |
Enoch Josiah "Joe" Mills (July 23, 1880 – October 3, 1935) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the eighth head football coach at Baylor University, coaching two seasons from 1908 to 1909 and compiling a record of 8–8. Mills was also the second head basketball coach at Baylor, coaching two seasons from 1909 to 1910 and tallying a mark of 19–10. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Baylor in 1909, amassing a record of 9–12.
Mills was born and raised on farm near Pleasanton, Kansas.[1] He was the brother of Enos Mills, naturalist, author, and homesteader. Joe Mills Mountain near Estes Park in Rocky Mountain National Park is named for him. Mills died on October 3, 1935, in Denver, Colorado, after suffering a skull fracture in an automobile crash six days earlier.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Baylor (Independent) (1908–1909) | |||||||||
1908 | Baylor | 3–5 | |||||||
1909 | Baylor | 5–3 | |||||||
Baylor: | 8–8 | ||||||||
Colorado Silver and Gold (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1918–1919) | |||||||||
1918 | Colorado | 2–3 | 1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1919 | Colorado | 2–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
Colorado: | 4–6–1 | 3–5–1 | |||||||
Total: | 12–14–1 |
References
- ^ Mills, Joe (1988). A Mountain Boyhood. University of Nebraska Press. p. xi. ISBN 0-8032-3126-1. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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- ^ "Joe Mills, Hurt in Denver Auto Accident, Dies". Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado. October 3, 1935. p. 9. Retrieved December 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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