John D. McMillan

John Dickson McMillan (January 27, 1919 – November 20, 1981) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.^[1][2] He served as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina in 1945, Erskine College from 1947^[3] to 1951, and The Citadel from 1953 to 1954. McMillan was also the head basketball coach at South Carolina during the 1944–45 season, winning the SoCon title, and the head baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1945. In the fall of 1945, he led the South Carolina Gamecocks football team to an invitation to the first Gator Bowl, where they lost, 26–14, to Wake Forest. McMillan also coached basketball and baseball at Erskine and led the basketball team to the 1949 NAIA basketball tournament.^[4]

John D. McMillan

Biographical details
Born	(1919-01-27)January 27, 1919 Fitzgerald, Georgia, U.S.
Died	November 20, 1981(1981-11-20) (aged 62) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	South Carolina (1941)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1942–1943	Sumter HS (SC)
1944	South Carolina (backfield)
1945	South Carolina
1946	South Georgia
1947–1951	Erskine
1952	The Citadel (OL)
1953–1954	The Citadel
Basketball
1944–1945	South Carolina
1947–1949	Erskine
1950–1951	Erskine
Baseball
1945	South Carolina
1948–1951	Erskine
1952–1953	The Citadel
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1942–1943	Sumter High School (SC)
1946	South Georgia Junior College
1949–1951	Erskine
1953–1954	The Citadel
Head coaching record
Overall	25–47–5 (college football)

McMillan was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1941. He died on November 20, 1981.^[5]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Conference) (1945)
1945	South Carolina	2–4–3	0–3–2	10th	L Gator
South Carolina:		2–4–3	0–3–2
Erskine Flying Fleet (South Carolina Little Four) (1947–1951)
1947	Erskine	7–3	1–2	T–3rd
1948	Erskine	6–4	0–2	4th
1949	Erskine	2–7	1–1	2nd
1950	Erskine	4–6	1–2	3rd
1951	Erskine	0–8–1	0–2–1	T–3rd
Erskine:		19–28–1	3–9–1
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1953–1954)
1953	The Citadel	2–7	1–3	9th
1954	The Citadel	2–8	0–4	9th
The Citadel:		4–15–1	1–7
Total:		25–47–5

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Conference) (1944–1945)
1944–45	South Carolina	19–3	9–0	1st
South Carolina:		19–3	9–0
Erskine Flying Fleet (South Carolina Little Five) (1947–1949)
1947–48	Erskine	12–13	3–5	4th
1948–49	Erskine	13–6	6–0	1st	NAIB First Round
Erskine Flying Fleet (South Carolina Little Four) (1950–1951)
1950–51	Erskine	9–13	3–3	2nd
Erskine:		34–32	12–8
Total:		53–35