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Chuck Mills
1967-1977 • Utah State, Wake Forest
2 schools coached, anchored by Utah State.
Chuck Mills's coaching record is 49-66-2, highlighted by seasons at Utah State from 1967 to 1977.
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 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 49-66-2
- Career win rate
- 42.7%
- Average SRS
- -2.5
- Peak SRS
- 10.9
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 11
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 24.2
Primary school anchor
Utah State
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 64.0.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 49-66-2
- Utah State record
- 38-23-1
- Full-season record
- 49-66-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-6
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Utah
- 4-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
117 countable games, 42.7% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Utah State.
11 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Battle of the Brothers games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 19, 1977. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Chuck Mills
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Chuck Mills: 1973 Wake Forest
1967Actual season year • SRS range -16.9 to 10.91977
Active comparison point
Chuck Mills • 1967
1967 Utah State
Best season7-2-1 • 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.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results14
| 1977 Regular Week 9 | Wake Forest | Clemson | #13 | L0-26 |
| 1976 Regular Week 7 | Wake Forest | Maryland | #6 | L15-17 |
| 1976 Regular Week 5 | Wake Forest | Michigan | #1 | L0-31 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Wake Forest | Maryland | #19 | L0-27 |
| 1975 Regular Week 2 | Wake Forest | NC State | #15 | W30-22 |
| 1974 Regular Week 7 | Wake Forest | Maryland | #18 | L0-47 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Wake Forest | Penn State | #15 | L0-55 |
| 1974 Regular Week 5 | Wake Forest | Oklahoma | #2 | L0-63 |
| 1973 Regular Week 13 | Wake Forest | NC State | #16 | L13-52 |
| 1973 Regular Week 6 | Wake Forest | Texas | #13 | L0-41 |
| 1972 Regular Week 5 | Utah State | Texas | #9 | L12-27 |
| 1972 Regular Week 2 | Utah State | Oklahoma | #4 | L0-49 |
| 1971 Regular Week 4 | Utah State | Nebraska | #1 | L6-42 |
| 1969 Regular Week 9 | Utah State | Air Force | #20 | L13-38 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
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%
- Longest tenure
- Utah State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Utah State • 2.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Utah State • 62.1%
Style and Strength Profile
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.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Chuck Mills sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeChuck Mills sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Chuck Mills
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -7.4
- Percentile
- 34th pct
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Wake Forest
1973-1977 • 11-43-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -8.0Win % 20.9%
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%
Utah State
1967-1972 • 38-23-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.1Win % 62.1%
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%
Career highs and lows
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
Lowest SRS Season
Wake Forest 1973
1-9-1 • SRS -16.9
Biggest Drop
Wake Forest 1973
1-9-1 • -24.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
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% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.9 | -1.6 | 19.9 | 21.5 | +9.7 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 1975 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -5.8 | -12.8 | 21.3 | 32.7 | +6.8 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 1974 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -12.6 | -16.0 | 15.1 | 30.9 | +4.3 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 1973 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13.6% | — | — | -16.9 | -20.8 | 11.4 | 31.9 | -24.0 | -59.1% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 1972 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 7.1 | 11.0 | 36.5 | 27.8 | +1.2 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 1971 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 5.9 | 9.8 | 28.1 | 19.1 | +11.0 | +22.7% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 1970 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -5.1 | -10.0 | 22.6 | 31.8 | +4.4 | +20.0% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 1969 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -9.5 | — | — | — | -12.8 | -40.0% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 1968 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | -7.6 | -5.0% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 1967 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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