Jay Mills

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Jay Mills
Playing career
1981–1983 Western Washington
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986 Notre Dame (assistant)
1987–1992 Boise State (assistant)
1993–1995 Minnesota–Morris
1996–2002 Harvard (assistant)
2003–2012 Charleston Southern
Head coaching record
Overall51–85
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big South (2005)
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year (2005)

Jay Mills is a former American college football coach and current pastor. He is the executive pastor at Pleasant Valley Community Church in Owensboro, Kentucky. Mills served as the head football coach at University of Minnesota Morris from 1993 to 1995 and at Charleston Southern University from 2003 to 2012, compiling a career college football record of 51–85.

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Playing career

Mills played football at the Western Washington University before graduating in 1984.

Coaching career

Jay Mills is from a family of coaches, he spent thirty years coaching college football (thirteen of which has a head coach). Coach Mills served at premier institutions like Notre Dame and Harvard and was mentored by some of the greatest coaches of our generation, such as Lou Holtz. Jay has taught a university course on coaching motivation, received the Mike Campbell Lifetime Achievement award for his coaching career, and even had the pleasure of coaching a Heisman winner.

He first served as the head football coach for the University of Minnesota Morris from 1993 to 1995 and at Charleston Southern University from 2003 to 2012, compiling a career college football record of 51–85. Mills retired from coaching on January 3, 2013, to pursue a new career path in athletic administration. [1]

Before arriving at Charleston Southern University, Mills was offensive coordinator for seven seasons at Harvard University. He served as head coach at the University of Minnesota Morris, where he posted a 3–22 record as he helped the school transition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to NCAA Division II. [2]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Minnesota–Morris Cougars (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference)(1993–1995)
1993 Minnesota–Morris2–91–56th
1994 Minnesota–Morris1–100–67th
1995 Minnesota–Morris0–3 [n 1] 0–1 [n 1] [n 1]
Minnesota–Morris:3–221–12
Charleston Southern Buccaneers (Big South Conference)(2003–2012)
2003 Charleston Southern1–110–45th
2004 Charleston Southern5–51–34th
2005 Charleston Southern7–43–1T–1st
2006 Charleston Southern9–22–2T–2nd
2007 Charleston Southern5–61–34th
2008 Charleston Southern7–53–2T–2nd
2009 Charleston Southern6–54–23rd
2010 Charleston Southern3–81–5T–6th
2011 Charleston Southern 0–110–67th
2012 Charleston Southern 5–63–34th
Charleston Southern:48–6318–31
Total:51–85
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Mills coached only the first three games of the season. The remaining seven games were coached by Steve Barrows. Minnesota–Morris finished the year with an overall record of 0–10, placing seventh in the conference with a mark of 0–6.

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References

  1. "Jay Mills Announces Retirement". Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  2. "Minnesota Morris Coaching Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved February 3, 2007.