John D. McMillan

John D. McMillan
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1919-01-27)January 27, 1919
Fitzgerald, Georgia
Died November 20, 1981(1981-11-20) (aged 62)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Alma mater South Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1945 South Carolina
1947–1951 Erksine
1952 The Citadel (OL)
1953–1954 The Citadel
Basketball
1944–1945 South Carolina
Baseball
1945 South Carolina
1952–1953 The Citadel
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1953–1954 The Citadel

John Dickson McMillan (January 27, 1919 – November 20, 1981) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1][2] He served as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina in 1945, at Erskine College, and at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina from 1953 to 1954. McMillan was also the head basketball coach at South Carolina during the 1944–45 season and the head baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1945. In the fall of 1945, he led the South Carolina Gamecocks football team to an invitation to the first Gator Bowl, where they lost, 26–14, to Wake Forest.

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Conference) (1945)
1945 South Carolina 2–4–30–3–210thL Gator
South Carolina: 2–4–30–3–2
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1953–1954)
1953 The Citadel 2–71–39th
1954 The Citadel 2–80–49th
The Citadel: 4–15–11–7
Total:

References

  1. ↑ University of South Carolina (1935). Catalogue of the University of South Carolina. p. 237. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Person Details for John Dickson Mcmillan, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
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