Chuck Mills
Chuck Mills went 132–133–5 as a head coach, 1959–1997, at Pomona, Indiana State, Merchant Marine, Utah State, Wake Forest, Southern Oregon and Coast Guard. Share
16 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1959–61 at Pomona; 1962–63 at Indiana State; 1964 at Merchant Marine; 1980–88 at Southern Oregon; 1997 at Coast Guard. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 132–133–5 career
- Seasons
- 27
- Schools
- 7
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1967 7–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Pomona * | 5–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1960 | Pomona * | 2–7 | 5th | |||
| 1961 | Pomona * | 5–4 | 4th | |||
| 1962 | Indiana State * | 5–2–1 | T–2nd (West) | |||
| 1963 | Indiana State * | 7–1–1 | 2nd (West) | |||
| 1964 | Merchant Marine * | 3–7 | ||||
| 1965–66: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1967 | Utah State | 7–2–1 | ||||
| 1968 | Utah State | 7–3 | ||||
| 1969 | Utah State | 3–7 | ||||
| 1970 | Utah State | 5–5 | ||||
| 1971 | Utah State | 8–3 | ||||
| 1972 | Utah State | 8–3 | ||||
| 1973 | Wake Forest | 1–9–1 | 7th | |||
| 1974 | Wake Forest | 1–10 | 7th | |||
| 1975 | Wake Forest | 3–8 | T–3rd | |||
| 1976 | Wake Forest | 5–6 | 3rd | |||
| 1977 | Wake Forest | 1–10 | 7th | |||
| 1978–79: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1980 | Southern Oregon * | 2–7 | 4th | |||
| 1981 | Southern Oregon * | 6–4 | NA | |||
| 1982 | Southern Oregon * | 6–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1983 | Southern Oregon * | 9–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1984 | Southern Oregon * | 6–4 | 4th | |||
| 1985 | Southern Oregon * | 2–6–1 | 6th (Southern) | |||
| 1986 | Southern Oregon * | 4–5 | T–4th (Southern) | |||
| 1987 | Southern Oregon * | 7–4 | T–2nd (Southern) | NAIA Division I Quarterfinal L | ||
| 1988 | Southern Oregon * | 5–4 | T–3rd (Mount Hood) | |||
| 1989–96: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1997 | Coast Guard * | 9–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III First Round L | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Bill ArmstrongConsensus All‑American, 1976
MacArthur LaneNo. 13 pick, 1968
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 17 | 2–15 | 12% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 31 | 14–16–1 | 47% |
| Conference games | 30 | 6–23–1 | 22% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 36 | 18–16–2 | 53% |
| At home | 51 | 22–28–1 | 44% |
| On the road | 65 | 26–38–1 | 41% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 48 | 30–17–1 | 64% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 69 | 19–49–1 | 28% |
His own 117 games on file, 1967–1977, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Hudspeth 1967–1971 | 3–2 | BYU | 5 | |
| Bill Meek 1968–1972 | 3–2 | Utah | 5 | |
| Bill Dooley 1973–1977 | 1–4 | North Carolina | 5 | |
| Mike McGee 1973–1977 | 1–3–1 | Duke | 5 | |
| Jerry Claiborne 1973–1977 | 0–5 | Maryland | 5 | |
| Jim Wood 1968–1972 | 4–0 | New Mexico State | 4 | |
| Billy Murphy 1967–1971 | 3–1 | Memphis | 4 | |
| Red Parker 1973–1976 | 1–3 | Clemson | 4 | |
| Don Robbins 1970–1972 | 2–1 | Idaho | 3 | |
| Jerry Wampfler 1970–1972 | 2–1 | Colorado State | 3 |
Chuck Mills’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| BYUseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Utahseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Memphisseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| NC Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Dukeseries | 5 | 1–3–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Chicago Mount Carmel HS (IL) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1952–53 | Mendel Catholic HS (IL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1954 | North Chicago HS (IL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1955 | Loyola HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1956 | Citrus | Line coach | |
| 1957–58 | Pomona | Assistant coach | |
| 1959–61 | Pomona | Head coach | |
| 1962–63 | Indiana State (PA) | Head coach | |
| 1964 | Merchant Marine | Head coach | |
| 1965 | Arizona | Assistant coach | |
| 1966 | Kansas City Chiefs NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1967–72 | Utah State | Head coach | |
| 1973–77 | Wake Forest | Head coach | |
| 1980–88 | Southern Oregon | Head coach | |
| 1997 | Coast Guard | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Terry BrennanChicago Mount Carmel HS (IL)
- Jim LaRueArizona
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chris PellaUtah State
- Ed CavanaughArmy, Idaho State
- Beattie FeathersNC State, App State, Texas Tech, Wake Forest
- Jim LaRueArizona
- Vito RagazzoVMI, Shippensburg
- Bruce BarnumPortland State
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Brennan | Chicago Mount Carmel HS (IL) high school | 1951 | Assistant coach | |
| Jim LaRue | Arizona | 1965 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Pella | Utah State, 1967–68, 1972: assistant coach | Utah State | |
| Ed Cavanaugh | Utah State, 1967: assistant coach | Army, Idaho State | |
| Beattie Feathers | Wake Forest, 1973–77: assistant coach baseball | NC State, App State, Texas Tech, Wake Forest | |
| Jim LaRue | Wake Forest, 1974–75: assistant coach | Arizona | |
| Vito Ragazzo | Wake Forest, 1977: assistant coach | VMI, Shippensburg | |
| Bruce Barnum | Coast Guard, 1997: assistant head coach and offensive line coach | Portland State |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.