title: Tommy Mills
text: # Tommy Mills
  
  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 (1920–1923), and Arkansas State (1935–1936), amassing a career college basketball record of 107–25. 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.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### College football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Creighton Blue and White (Independent) (1915–1919) ||||||
  | 1915 | Creighton | 3–3–1 | | |
  | 1916 | Creighton | 4–1–2 | | |
  | 1917 | Creighton | 6–2–1 | | |
  | 1918 | Creighton | 3–0 | | |
  | 1919 | Creighton | 4–0–2 | | |
  | Creighton: | Creighton: | 20–6–6 | | |
  | Beloit Buccaneers (Independent) (1920–1921) ||||||
  | 1920 | Beloit | 5–3 | | |
  | 1921 | Beloit | 5–2–1 | | |
  | Beloit Buccaneers (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1922–1925) ||||||
  | 1922 | Beloit | 3–3–1 | 0–1–1 | 7th |
  | 1923 | Beloit | 6–1–1 | 4–0 | T–1st |
  | 1924 | Beloit | 3–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 7th |
  | 1925 | Beloit | 6–2 | 3–0 | T–1st |
  | Beloit: | Beloit: | 28–14–4 | 8–4–2 | |
  | Georgetown Hoyas (Independent) (1930–1932) ||||||
  | 1930 | Georgetown | 5–5 | | |
  | 1931 | Georgetown | 4–5–1 | | |
  | 1932 | Georgetown | 2–3 | | |
  | Georgetown: | Georgetown: | 11–13–1 | | |
  | Arkansas State Indians (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1934–1935) ||||||
  | 1934 | Arkansas State | 2–5–1 | | |
  | 1935 | Arkansas State | 2–7 | | |
  | Arkansas State: | Arkansas State: | 4–12–1 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 63–45–12 | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  
  ### College basketball
  
  Statistics overview :
  
  | Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Creighton Bluejays (Independent) (1916–1920) ||||||
  | 1916–17 | Creighton | 17–3 | | |
  | 1917–18 | Creighton | 11–0 | | |
  | 1918–19 | Creighton | 10–0 | | |
  | 1919–20 | Creighton | 15–3 | | |
  | Creighton: | Creighton: | 53–6 | | |
  | Beloit Buccaneers (Independent) (1920–1922) ||||||
  | 1920–21 | Beloit | 5–8 | | |
  | 1921–22 | Beloit | 12–0 | | |
  | Beloit Buccaneers (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1922–1924) ||||||
  | 1922–23 | Beloit | 13–2 | 9–0 | 1st |
  | 1923–24 | Beloit | 14–0 | 9–0 | 1st |
  | Beloit: | Beloit: | 44–10 | 18–0 | |
  | Arkansas State Indians (Independent) (1935–1936) ||||||
  | 1935–36 | Arkansas State | 14–9 | | |
  | Arkansas State: | Arkansas State: | 14–9 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 111–25 | | |
  | National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
  