Tommy Mills

Tommy Mills
Biographical details
Born(1883-04-05)April 5, 1883
Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedFebruary 25, 1944(1944-02-25) (aged 60)
Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1904Beloit
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915–1919Omaha HS (NE)
1915–1919Creighton
1920–1925Beloit
1926–1929Notre Dame (assistant)
1930–1932Georgetown
1934–1935Arkansas State
Basketball
1916–1920Creighton
1920–1926Beloit
1935–1936Arkansas State
Baseball
1921–1924Beloit
1927–1929Notre Dame
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1926Beloit
Head coaching record
Overall63–45–12 (college football)
119–41 (college basketball)
72–40–2 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 MWC (1923, 1925)

Basketball
2 MWC (1923–1924)

Thomas Emmet Mills (April 5, 1883 – February 25, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Creighton University (1915–1919), Beloit College (1920–1925), Georgetown University (1930–1932), and Arkansas State College (1934–1935), compiling a career college football record of 63–45–12. Mills was the head baseball coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1927 to 1929, during which time he was also an assistant football coach at the school under Knute Rockne. In addition, Mills was the head basketball coach at Creighton (1916–1920), Beloit (1920–1926), and Arkansas State (1935–1936), amassing a career college basketball record of 119–41. Mills died at the age of 60 on February 25, 1944, of a heart attack at the Rockne Memorial Field House in Notre Dame, Indiana. He served as the director of the field house for the four years before his death.[1]

  1. ^ "Thomas E. Mills; Director of Rockne Field House at Notre Dame, Once Aide to Coach" (PDF). The New York Times. February 26, 1944. Retrieved July 12, 2011.