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{{Short description|American basketball coach}}
{{About|the American basketball coach|the New Zealand former racing driver|Dave McMillan}}
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| name = Dave MacMillan
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|12|24}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|7|9|1886|12|24}}
| death_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of Idaho]]
| player_years1 = 190x
| player_team1 = [[Oberlin College|Oberlin]]
| coach_sport1 = Basketball
| coach_years2 = 1920–1927
| coach_team2 = [[Idaho Vandals men's basketball|Idaho]]
| coach_years3 = 1927–1942
| coach_team3 = [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]]
| coach_years4 = 1945–1948
| coach_team4 = Minnesota
| coach_years5 = 1950
| coach_team5 = [[Tri-Cities Blackhawks]]
| coach_sport6 = Baseball
| coach_years7 = 1921–1927
| coach_team7 = [[Idaho Vandals baseball|Idaho]]
| coach_years8 = 1942–1947
| coach_team8 = [[Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball|Minnesota]]
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'''David MacMillan''' (December 24, 1886 – July 9, 1963) was an American [[basketball]] coach.<ref name=dmmobt>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/07/10/page/48/article/obituary-8-no-title |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |agency=Associated Press|title=MacMillan, 77 ex-coach of Gophers, dies |date=July 10, 1963 |page=4, sec. 3}}</ref><ref name=sdcobtap>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KUFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5093%2C2083857 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |last=(Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Ex-Idaho coach taken by death|date=July 10, 1963 |page=13}}</ref> He was a longtime head coach at the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|University of Minnesota]] (18 seasons, 1927–42, 1945–48),<ref name=mcmresmc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fx0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BCUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2644%2C492547|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=United Press |title=MacMillan resigns as Minnesota coach|date=March 2, 1948 |page=2-part 2}}</ref> and briefly coached the NBA's [[Tri-Cities Blackhawks]] in 1950, succeeding [[Red Auerbach]].<ref name=dmmtctric>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oC8gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vSMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4386%2C496824|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Dave MacMillan to coach Tricities| date=May 2, 1950|page=8-part 2}}</ref>

Before Minnesota, MacMillan was the head coach at the [[Idaho Vandals men's basketball|University of Idaho]] in [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]],<ref name=mcansy>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=481XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s_QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3146%2C3839280|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington)|title=Minnesota cagers adopt new system |last=Metzger |first=Sol |date=January 18, 1929 |page=20 }}</ref> his alma mater. He led the Vandals for seven seasons,<ref name=srmmgmj>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rusUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4270%2C2877529 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=M'Millan gets Minnesota job |date=April 17, 1927 |page=1, sports}}</ref><ref name=dmmgtbt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xeoUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6476%2C1004176 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=David MacMillan goes to Big Ten |date=August 7, 1927 |page=3, sports}}</ref> from 1920 to 1927, the last six in the [[Pacific Coast Conference]].<ref name=gom27idbktbl>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1927/170 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook |title=Idaho basketball |year=1927 |page=166}}</ref><ref name=ggmbbc>{{cite web|url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112907aab.html|publisher=University of Minnesota Athletics|title=Golden Gopher Men's Basketball Coaches|access-date=January 14, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111237/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112907aab.html|archive-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref> 
In Idaho's first two seasons in the PCC, his upstart program won consecutive [[Pacific Coast Conference#Conference champions|conference titles]] in 1922 {{nowrap|and 1923.<ref name=ifcccti>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CcdXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UvQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4391%2C572544 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Idaho five cinches conference title |date=March 4, 1922 |page=14}}</ref><ref name=ifwfcon>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0MdXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6768%2C995779 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |last=Boas |first=Louis A. |title=Idaho five wins final contest |date=March 7, 1923 |page=16}}</ref><ref name=idftsbrs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UKoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n6cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1482%2C4633235 |work=Berkeley Daily Gazette |location=(California) |title=Idaho defeats Bears 29 to 25 captures title |date=March 7, 1923 |page=9}}</ref><ref name=idcham >{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=23VfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3002%2C437466 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Idaho champion |date=March 7, 1923 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=ivcsea>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/1545?_ga=2.76416144.404691314.1504546420-374550616.1499903542 |work=Argonaut |agency=University of Idaho |location=(Moscow) |title=Idaho's Vandals complete season |date=March 9, 1923 |page=1}}</ref>}} He also coached [[Idaho Vandals baseball|baseball]]<ref name=gom27idbsebl>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1927/190 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook |title=Idaho baseball: 1926 season |year=1927 |page=186}}</ref> and freshman football at Idaho,<ref name=stttaid>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NaxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4670%2C5220427|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Stars to tutor teams at Idaho |date=September 17, 1922 |page=3-part 4}}</ref> and [[Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball|baseball at Minnesota]] from 1942 through 1947.<ref name=mccnbbmt>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YToiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=95wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4403%2C2717041 |newspaper=Reading Eagle|location=(Pennsylvania)|agency=Associated Press |title=Minnesota court coach named baseball mentor|date=April 5, 1942 |page=13 }}</ref>

Born in [[New York City]], he attended [[Oberlin College]] in [[Ohio]] before transferring to the University of Idaho.<ref name=sdcobtap/>

MacMillan resigned at Minnesota at age 62 in March 1948, citing health reasons.<ref name=mcmresmc/> After his brief stint with the Blackhawks, MacMillan served as an assistant coach of the [[Minneapolis Lakers]] under [[John Kundla]], who had been a player and assistant under MacMillan at Minnesota. He died from cancer at age 76 in Minneapolis.<ref name=dmmobt/><ref name=sdcobtap/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/dave-mcmillan-1.html Sports Reference] – Dave McMillan – Minnesota (1927–1948)
* [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/david-macmillan-1.html Sports Reference] – Dave MacMillan – Idaho (1920–1927)
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/mcmilda99c.html BasketballReference.com: Dave MacMillan]

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