Dave MacMillan
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Sport(s) | Basketball, also: baseball, football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 24, 1886 |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Alma mater | University of Idaho attended Oberlin College |
| Playing career | |
| 190x | Oberlin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1927 | Idaho |
| 1927–1942 | Minnesota |
| 1945–1948 | Minnesota |
| 1950 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks (NBA) |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1927 | Idaho |
| 1942–1947 | Minnesota |
David MacMillan (December 24, 1886 – July 9, 1963) was an American basketball coach. He was a longtime head coach at the University of Minnesota (18 seasons, 1927–42, and 1945–48),[1] and briefly coached the NBA's Tri-Cities Blackhawks in 1950, succeeding Red Auerbach.[2]
Before Minnesota, MacMillan was the head coach at the University of Idaho[3] for seven seasons, from 1920 to 1927, the last six in the Pacific Coast Conference.[4] He also coached baseball and freshman football at Idaho,[5] and baseball at Minnesota from 1942 through 1947.[6]
MacMillan resigned at Minnesota at age 62 in March 1948, citing health reasons.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Sports Reference – Dave McMillan – Minnesota (1927–1948)
- Sports Reference – Dave MacMillan – Idaho (1920–1927)
- BasketballReference.com: Dave MacMillan
- Gopher Basketball Historical Information
- Dave MacMillan's obituary
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
   |
This biographical article relating to a United States basketball coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This biographical article relating to a United States basketball player, coach, or other figure born in the 1880s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1886 births
- 1963 deaths
- American basketball coaches
- Idaho Vandals baseball coaches
- Idaho Vandals men's basketball coaches
- Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball coaches
- Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball coaches
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks head coaches
- Place of birth missing
- American basketball coach stubs
- American basketball biography, pre-1910 birth stubs
