Football 2 LIAA (1922–1923) 3 Tri-State (1925–1927) Big Ten (1945)
Awards
Football
2× Consensus All-American (1919, 1921)
First-team All-American (1920)
All-time Centre team (1935)
AFCA Coach of the Year (1945)
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1952)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile)
Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin (January 12, 1895 – March 31, 1952) was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he was a three-time All-American at quarterback, and led the Centre Praying Colonels to an upset victory over Harvard in 1921. McMillin was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player as part of its inaugural 1951 class.
McMillin was the head football coach at Centenary College of Louisiana (1922–1924), Geneva College (1925–1927), Kansas State University (1928–1933) and Indiana University (1934–1947), compiling a career college football coaching record of 140–77–13. In 1945, he led Indiana to its first Big Ten Conference title and was named AFCA Coach of the Year.
After graduating from Centre, McMillin played professionally with the Milwaukee Badgers and Cleveland Indians—two early National Football League (NFL) teams—in 1922 and 1923. He later returned to the NFL, coaching the Detroit Lions from 1948 to 1950 and the Philadelphia Eagles for the first two games of the 1951 season before his death. McMillin's career NFL coaching mark was 14–24.
Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin (January 12, 1895 – March 31, 1952) was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played...
McMillin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Benton McMillin (1845–1943), Governor of Tennessee BoMcMillin (1895–1952), American football...
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West Virginia. Coach BoMcMillin came to Geneva in 1925, and in his first season as coach led the team to a 6–3 record. McMillin was a three-time All-American...
in the South, and quarterback BoMcMillin made Camp's second team and was recognized as a consensus All-American. McMillin was an inaugural inductee into...
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new head coach Andy Reid. Sirianni joined the San Diego Chargers when Mike McCoy was hired as the team's head coach in 2013. In 2014 he became the team's...
with the Colonels winning, 6–0. The star of that game, back Alvin "Bo" McMillin, was twice named a consensus All-American, in 1919 and 1921. Center Red...
and would have the longest tenure of a football coach at Indiana until BoMcMillin coached for 14 years (1934–1947). Sheldon proved to be one of the most...
was "long adept in filling the air with well-aimed passes" under coach BoMcMillin. The modern air raid offense first made its appearance when Mumme and...
to scarlet and black from 1948 to 1950 instituted by then head coach BoMcMillin, which was influenced by his years as coach at Indiana, the Lions' uniforms...
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help persuade Tidwell to come to BYU. At BYU, Reid was a teammate of Jim McMahon and Tom Holmoe. Teammates recalled that Reid did not play often but was...
(1943–1947) BoMcMillin (1948–1950) Buddy Parker (1951–1956) George Wilson (1957–1964) Harry Gilmer (1965–1966) Joe Schmidt (1967–1972) Don McCafferty (1973)...
quarterbacks such as McNabb and Bradford. The Browns selected quarterback Colt McCoy in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft, and in McCoy’s first season...
Upon joining the Detroit Lions as head coach, he gained the nickname "MC/DC" by Pat McAfee on his daily radio show. The nickname, a play on AC/DC, is short...
season, Greasy Neale retired and was replaced by BoMcMillin. Two games into the 1951 season, McMillin was forced to retire following a diagnosis of terminal...
rise of another Southern team in Centre of Danville, Kentucky. In 1921 BoMcMillin-led Centre upset defending national champion Harvard 6 to 0 in what is...
Most Valuable Player – Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions: BoMcMillin was replaced by Buddy Parker. New York Yanks: Red Strader was replaced...
and Indiana coach BoMcMillin in 1947 called Groomes "the finest defensive back" in the Big Nine Conference. In 1948, BoMcMillin left Indiana to take...
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saw the team in poor condition; before kickoff, former All-American BoMcMillin visited the team in the locker room and advised Grange to not play upon...
2015). "Jim Schwartz takes job working with NFL officials". NFL.com. Wagner-McGough, Sean (October 6, 2015). "Report: Jim Schwartz declines offer to be Dolphins'...
rise of another Southern team in Centre of Danville, Kentucky. In 1921 BoMcMillin led Centre upset defending national champion Harvard 6–0 in what is widely...
p. 58, Lyons Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-59921-176-3 Steve McMichael and Phil Ariva, "Steve McMichael's Tales from the Chicago Bears Sideline", p. 98, Sports...
contracts. Soon afterward, the Eagles traded All-Pro running back LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills for linebacker Kiko Alonso (who was a former Oregon...
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