Eugene Gill | |
Birth Date: | 8 August 1898 |
Birth Place: | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
Death Place: | Roseburg, Oregon, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1921–1923 |
Player Team2: | Oregon Agricultural |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1940–1941 |
Coach Team2: | Hawaii |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1930–1941 |
Coach Team4: | Hawaii |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1938–1939 |
Coach Team6: | Hawaii |
Admin Years1: | 1940–1941 |
Admin Team1: | Hawaii |
Overall Record: | 10–6 (football) 88–47 (basketball) |
Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
Eugene Luke Gill (August 8, 1898 – October 11, 1981) was an American football, basketball, baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii from 1940 to 1941. In 1941, Gill and Tom Kaulukukui were co-head coaches. Gill was born on August 8, 1898, in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in the Salem, Oregon area. He attended Oregon Agricultural College–now known as Oregon State University—where he lettered in football and ran track.[1] He was the brother of Slats Gill, who was head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director at Oregon State. Gill died on October 11, 1981, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Roseburg, Oregon.[2]