Floyd Millet

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Hall of Fame - W. Floyd Millet

Floyd Millet was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1911.He graduated from BYU in 1934 and received his master's degree from the University of Southern California in 1939.While a student at BYU he earned nine varsity letters in football, basketball, and track.He was named All-Conference in basketball and football and set an AAU record in the broadjump.

In his senior year Floyd was given the J. Edwin Stein Award as the outstanding student athlete on campus.He received the Dale Rex Memorial Award in 1948 for his contribution to amateur athletics in Utah.

He began his coaching career in 1934 at Davis High School coaching the football, baseball, and basketball teams.In 1937 he returned to BYU where he coached football, basketball, and track and field.His basketball team won the conference title in 1948 and was the first BYU team to play in Madison Square Garden.In 1963 Floyd was named BYU Athletic Director, a position he filled for seven years.

On August 13, 1934 Floyd married Vera Jackson.

"They were the big boys," said Vera Millet, widow of BYU head football coach Floyd Millet.
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"It had to happen some time," BYU head football coach Floyd Millet said in the Salt Lake Tribune.
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That's Millet's philosophy.It's ours.
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Following the winning touchdown by BYU captain Longhurst, players hoisted coach Millet onto their shoulders as they marched off the field to the locker room.

Floyd Millet was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1911.He graduated from BYU in 1934 and received his master's degree from the University of Southern California in 1939.While a student at BYU he earned nine varsity letters in football, basketball, and track.He was named All-Conference in basketball and football and set an AAU record in the broad jump.

In his senior year, Millet was given the J. Edwin Stein Award as the outstanding student athlete on campus.He received the Dale Rex Memorial Award in 1948 for his contribution to amateur athletics in Utah.

He began his coaching career in 1934 at Davis High School coaching the football, baseball, and basketball teams.In 1937 he returned to BYU where he coached football, basketball, and track and field.His basketball team won the conference title in 1948 and was the first BYU team to play in Madison Square Garden.In 1963 Millet was named BYU Athletic Director, a position he filled for seven years.

Floyd Millet 1942 BYU 12 , Montana 6 2-5

Floyd Millet, BYU's fifth head coach, won just two games in his one-year stint in 1942.One of his wins, however, was a 12-7 victory at Utah in the teams' 21st meeting.

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