Floyd Millet

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Floyd Millet (October 17, 1911 – June 17, 2000) was an American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator at Brigham Young University (BYU). He played football and basketball at BYU in the early 1930s and later built a long career as a coach and administrator there.

Early life and education
Millet was born in Mesa, Arizona, and graduated from Mesa Union High School. He attended Gila Junior College (now Eastern Arizona College) and then BYU, where he earned letters in basketball, football, and track and earned all-conference honors in football and basketball. He later earned a master's degree from the University of Southern California in 1939.

Playing career
At BYU, Millet played fullback in football and forward in basketball during the 1932–1933 seasons.

Coaching career
Millet began coaching at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah, where he led football (1934–1936) and basketball (1934–1937) and also coached baseball (1935–1937). He returned to BYU in 1937 as an assistant football coach, a role he held through 1941. He served as BYU’s head football coach for the 1942 season, finishing with a 2–5 record. Millet was the BYU head basketball coach from 1941 to 1949, compiling a 104–77 record.

Administrative career
From 1963 to 1970, Millet was the athletic director at BYU.

Personal life
Millet married Vera Jackson in 1934, a union that lasted 66 years. Vera lived to 98 and died in 2007. Both Floyd and Vera were active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.