Enoch J. Mills

Enoch J. Mills
	Mills pictured in The Round Up-1911, Baylor yearbook
Biographical details
Born	July 23, 1880; Pleasanton, Kansas
Died	October 3, 1935 (aged 55); Denver, Colorado
Playing career
Football
1903	Denver
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1909	Baylor
1918–1919	Colorado
Basketball
1908–1910	Baylor
1918–1924	Colorado
Baseball
1909	Baylor
Head coaching record
Overall	12–14–1 (football); 49–34 (basketball); 9–12 (baseball)

Enoch Josiah "Joe" Mills (July 23, 1880 – October 3, 1935) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the eighth head football coach at Baylor University, coaching two seasons from 1908 to 1909 and compiling a record of 8–8. Mills was also the second head basketball coach at Baylor, coaching two seasons from 1909 to 1910 and tallying a mark of 19–10. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Baylor in 1909, amassing a record of 9–12.

Mills was born and raised on farm near Pleasanton, Kansas.[1] He was the brother of Enos Mills, naturalist, author, and homesteader. Joe Mills Mountain near Estes Park in Rocky Mountain National Park is named for him. Mills died on October 3, 1935, in Denver, Colorado, after suffering a skull fracture in an automobile crash six days earlier.[2]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Baylor (Independent) (1908–1909)
1908	Baylor	3–5
1909	Baylor	5–3
Baylor:		8–8
Colorado Silver and Gold (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1918–1919)
1918	Colorado	2–3	1–2	T–3rd
1919	Colorado	2–3–1	2–3–1	5th
Colorado:		4–6–1	3–5–1
Total:		12–14–1

References

Mills, Joe (1988). A Mountain Boyhood. University of Nebraska Press. p. xi. ISBN 0-8032-3126-1. Retrieved November 8, 2012. a mountain boyhood joe mills.
"Joe Mills, Hurt in Denver Auto Accident, Dies". Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado. October 3, 1935. p. 9. Retrieved December 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Enoch J. Mills at Find a Grave

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[1] Mills, Joe (1988). A Mountain Boyhood. University of Nebraska Press. p. xi. ISBN 0-8032-3126-1. Retrieved November 8, 2012. a mountain boyhood joe mills.

[2] "Joe Mills, Hurt in Denver Auto Accident, Dies". Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado. October 3, 1935. p. 9. Retrieved December 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .