Tommy Mills | |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1883 |
Birth Place: | Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Team2: | Beloit |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1915–1919 |
Coach Team2: | Omaha HS (NE) |
Coach Years3: | 1915–1919 |
Coach Team3: | Creighton |
Coach Years4: | 1920–1925 |
Coach Team4: | Beloit |
Coach Years5: | 1926–1929 |
Coach Team5: | Notre Dame (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1930–1932 |
Coach Team6: | Georgetown |
Coach Years7: | 1934–1935 |
Coach Team7: | Arkansas State |
Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
Coach Years9: | 1916–1920 |
Coach Team9: | Creighton |
Coach Years10: | 1920–1926 |
Coach Team10: | Beloit |
Coach Years11: | 1935–1936 |
Coach Team11: | Arkansas State |
Coach Sport12: | Baseball |
Coach Years13: | 1921–1924 |
Coach Team13: | Beloit |
Coach Years14: | 1927–1929 |
Coach Team14: | Notre Dame |
Admin Years1: | 1920–1926 |
Admin Team1: | Beloit |
Overall Record: | 63–45–12 (college football) 119–41 (college basketball) 72–40–2 (college baseball) |
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]