- Zack Mills
Zachary Eric Mills (born
May 1 ,1982 ) is a formerAmerican football quarterback . He was an All-Big Ten selection and four-year starter atPenn State University . He is currently serving as quarterbacks coach atThe Haverford School inHaverford Township, Pennsylvania .High School
Mills attended Urbana High School in
Frederick County, Maryland from 1996-2000, where Mills led the team to consecutive 2A state championships in 1998 and 1999, going undefeated both years. In the course of his high school career he broke Maryland public school records both for passing yards (5,638) andtouchdown passes (59) and won countless awards including first team All-CMC and first team All-Mid-Maryland. Mills was also a standout on thebasketball team.College
As the quarterback of the Nittany Lions from 2001 to 2004, Mills led the team to the
Capital One Bowl following the 2002 season. That season, he was named All-Big Ten. Mills was a three-timeDavey O'Brien Award finalist and was presented with the 2004 Hall Foundation Award as Penn State's outstanding senior football player.Mills holds many Penn State passing and total offense records: He finished his career with a school record 7,796 yards of total offense, his 41 career
touchdown passes and his 16 career 200-yard passing games both tie school records. Mills is the first Nittany Lion under head coachJoe Paterno to throw, catch, and run for atouchdown in a single game (in 2004 versus Akron). He wore jersey number 7.He graduated in 2004 with a
Bachelor of Science inKinesiology .NFL
Mills spent the 2005 preseason in the
Washington Redskins ' training camp as an undraftedfree agent , but was released before the season began. He pulled his hamsting early in camp and the injury prevented Mills from participating in most drills.He wore jersey number 14.Coaching
In 2006, Mills served as an assistant coach at Temple under first-year head coach (and fellow Penn State alumnus), Al Golden. He joined the coaching staff at
Clearfield High School inClearfield, Pennsylvania as an assistant in 2007.He is currently serving as quarterbacks coach at
The Haverford School inHaverford Township, Pennsylvania . [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080930_Ted_Silary__Coaching_West_Philly_fulfills_dream_for_O_Hara.html]Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
Mills signed with the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers of theaf2 , a minor league of theArena Football League in the Spring of 2007 but left the team a few weeks later to pursue a profession in sales. [http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17840058&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416049&rfi=6]External links
* [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/03/03-03-05tdc/03-03-05dsports-01.asp]
* [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/03/03-16-05tdc/03-16-05dsports-01.asp "Mills' agent optimistic about NFL prospects,"] "The Digital Collegian", March 16, 2005
* [http://www.nflfans.com/draft/2005/showplayer.php?key=Zack+Mills "NFL draft analysis for Zack Mills"]
* [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/03/03-03-05tdc/03-03-05dsports-01.asp "Passing into History,"] "The Digital Collegian", March 3, 2005
* [http://www.gopsusports.com/Football/pressrelease/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=7178 "Zack Mills Named Senior MVP At Nittany Lion Football Banquet"] gopsusports.com, December 12, 2004
* [http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18609220&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=460522&rfi=6 PSU’s Mills enjoying retirement] , "The Citizens' Voice ", July 20, 2007.
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