Jay Mills

For the Egyptologist known as "Jay" Mills, see James O. Mills.

Jay Mills is an American former college football coach and 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 coaching record of 51–85.

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
Overall	51–85
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big South (2005)
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year (2005)

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).

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

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Minnesota–Morris Cougars (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (1993–1995)
1993	Minnesota–Morris	2–9	1–5	6th
1994	Minnesota–Morris	1–10	0–6	7th
1995	Minnesota–Morris	0–3[n 1]	0–1[n 1]	[n 1]
Minnesota–Morris:		3–22	1–12
Charleston Southern Buccaneers (Big South Conference) (2003–2012)
2003	Charleston Southern	1–11	0–4	5th
2004	Charleston Southern	5–5	1–3	4th
2005	Charleston Southern	7–4	3–1	T–1st
2006	Charleston Southern	9–2	2–2	T–2nd
2007	Charleston Southern	5–6	1–3	4th
2008	Charleston Southern	7–5	3–2	T–2nd
2009	Charleston Southern	6–5	4–2	3rd
2010	Charleston Southern	3–8	1–5	T–6th
2011	Charleston Southern	0–11	0–6	7th
2012	Charleston Southern	5–6	3–3	4th
Charleston Southern:		48–63	18–31
Total:		51–85
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

1. 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.

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.