John Dickson McMillan (January 27, 1919 – November 20, 1981) was an

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, and

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coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina in 1945,

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from 1947 to 1951, and

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from 1953 to 1954. McMillan was also the head basketball coach at South Carolina during the 1944–45 season, winning the

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title, and the head baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1945. In the fall of 1945, he led the

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team to an invitation to the first

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, where they lost, 26–14, to Wake Forest. McMillan also coached basketball and baseball at

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and led the basketball team to the

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. McMillan was born in

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and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1941. He died on November 20, 1981.

Head coaching record

College football

Basketball

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