Coach Profile
1967-1977 • Utah State, Wake Forest
2 schools coached, anchored by Utah State.
Chuck Mills coached 11 seasons, won 42.7%, and posted an average SRS of -2.5. Best season: 1967 Utah State. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Utah State
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 64.0.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
7-2-1 • SRS 10.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Wake Forest
1973-1977 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -8.0 • Win % 20.9%
Utah State
1967-1972 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 2.1 • Win % 62.1%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Chuck Mills sets the reference point in overall strength.
Chuck Mills sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Chuck Mills
Lower end
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1973-1977 • 11-43-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.2 during vs 3.8 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-8.0 during vs -4.9 baseline
-3.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-13.9 during vs -4.5 baseline
-9.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1967-1972 • 38-23-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 6.6 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.1 during vs 5.1 baseline
-3.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.6 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Utah State 1967
7-2-1 • SRS 10.9
Biggest Improvement
Utah State 1971
8-3 • 11.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Utah State 1972
8-3 • SP Off 36.5
Best Defensive Season
Utah State 1971
8-3 • SP Def 19.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wake Forest 1973
1-9-1 • SRS -16.9
Biggest Drop
Wake Forest 1973
1-9-1 • -24.0 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Wake Forest | 1977 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -8.8 | -18.5 | 11.6 | 29.7 | -12.7 | -36.4% |
| Wake Forest | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.9 | -1.6 | 19.9 | 21.5 | +9.7 | +18.2% |
| Wake Forest | 1975 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -5.8 | -12.8 | 21.3 | 32.7 | +6.8 | +18.2% |
| Wake Forest | 1974 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -12.6 | -16.0 | 15.1 | 30.9 | +4.3 | -4.5% |
| Wake Forest | 1973 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13.6% | — | — | -16.9 | -20.8 | 11.4 | 31.9 | -24.0 | -59.1% |
| Utah State | 1972 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 7.1 | 11.0 | 36.5 | 27.8 | +1.2 | 0.0% |
| Utah State | 1971 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 5.9 | 9.8 | 28.1 | 19.1 | +11.0 | +22.7% |
| Utah State | 1970 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -5.1 | -10.0 | 22.6 | 31.8 | +4.4 | +20.0% |
| Utah State | 1969 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -9.5 | — | — | — | -12.8 | -40.0% |
| Utah State | 1968 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | -7.6 | -5.0% |
| Utah State | 1967 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
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