| Chuck Mills | |
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Illinois State University |
| Coach Years1: | 1951 |
| Coach Team1: | Chicago Mount Carmel HS (IL) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1952–1953 |
| Coach Team2: | Mendel Catholic HS (IL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1954 |
| Coach Team3: | North Chicago HS (IL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1955 |
| Coach Team4: | Loyola HS (CA) |
| Coach Years5: | 1956 |
| Coach Team5: | Citrus (line) |
| Coach Years6: | 1957–1958 |
| Coach Team6: | Pomona (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1959–1961 |
| Coach Team7: | Pomona |
| Coach Years8: | 1962–1963 |
| Coach Team8: | Indiana State (PA) |
| Coach Years9: | 1964 |
| Coach Team9: | Merchant Marine |
| Coach Years10: | 1965 |
| Coach Team10: | Arizona (assistant) |
| Coach Years11: | 1966 |
| Coach Team11: | Kansas City Chiefs (assistant) |
| Coach Years12: | 1967–1972 |
| Coach Team12: | Utah State |
| Coach Years13: | 1973–1977 |
| Coach Team13: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Years14: | 1980–1988 |
| Coach Team14: | Southern Oregon |
| Coach Years15: | 1997 |
| Coach Team15: | Coast Guard |
| Admin Years1: | 1978–1980 |
| Admin Team1: | Blue–Gray Football Classic (exec. dir.) |
| Admin Years2: | 1980–1989 |
| Admin Team2: | Southern Oregon |
| Admin Years3: | 1989–1999[1] |
| Admin Team3: | Coast Guard |
| Overall Record: | 132–133–5 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 1–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs) 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 FFC (1997) |
Morton J. "Chuck" Mills (December 1, 1928 – January 18, 2021) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Pomona College (1957–1961), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1962–1963), the United States Merchant Marine Academy (1964), Utah State University (1967–1972), Wake Forest University (1973–1977), Southern Oregon University (1980–1988), and the United States Coast Guard Academy (1997).
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mills graduated from Illinois State University in 1950.[2] [3] [4]
Hired in February 1967 at Utah State University, Mills was previously the offensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs,[5] [6] the champions of the American Football League (AFL). Previous USU head coach Tony Knap had resigned in January for an assistant coaching position with the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL).[7] [8]
During his six seasons at Utah State, Mills' Aggies went ; 8–3 marks in 1971 and 1972 were the best. He took the first American collegiate football team to Japan in December 1971;[9] the Japanese equivalent of the Heisman Trophy, known as the "Mills Trophy," is presented to the top collegiate football player in Japan each year.[10]
In mid-January 2021, Mills was hospitalized in a Honolulu hospital for pneumonia and organ failure. He died on the morning of January 18, 2021, at age 92.