John D. McMillan
# John D. McMillan

John Dickson McMillan (January 27, 1919 – November 20, 1981) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina in 1945, Erskine College from 1947 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.

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

## 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: | 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: | 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: | The Citadel: | 4–15–1 | 1–7 | | |
| Total: | 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: | 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: | Erskine: | 34–32 | 12–8 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 53–35 | | | |
