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- E.J. Mills - Head Coach of Football - Amherst College
Before taking over as head coach of the football team, Mills...
- E.J. Mills - Head Coach of Football - Amherst College
Before taking over as head coach of the football team, Mills spent the 1995 and 1996 seasons as the head coach of the Amherst softball team, compiling a 26-22-1 record. Prior to Amherst, Mills served as an assistant football coach at Ramapo College and the University at Albany after beginning his career as a social studies teacher and coach at Midlakes High School in New York.
Purple and white [1] Website. athletics.amherst.edu. The Amherst Mammoths represent Amherst College of Amherst, Massachusetts in the sport of college football. [2] The football team is coached by E. J. Mills. [3] Amherst is one of the " Little Three ," along with Williams College and Wesleyan University .
26–22–1 (softball) Accomplishments and honors. Championships. Football. 6 NESCAC (2000, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015) E. J. Mills (born c. 1966) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, a position he has held since 1997.
- Early Years
- Professional Football
- Early Coaching Career
- Amherst College
- Family
Ostendarp was born in Baltimore, Marylandin 1923. He began playing football at age eight and later recalled his early years playing the game as follows: Ostendarp later attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute,where coaches told him he was too small to play high school football. Refusing to accept their decision, Ostendarp established his ability b...
In July 1950, Osetendarp signed with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played as a halfback for the Giants during the 1950 and 1951 NFL seasons. The Giants were 19–4–1 in 1950 and 1951, with Ostendarp serving as a backup to the team's leading rushers Eddie Price and Choo Choo Roberts. Ostendarp appeared in seven games for the ...
Ostendarp began an informal coaching career in 1952 while playing for the Montreal Alouettes. While walking near the campus of McGill University, he was approached by a group of ten- to twelve-year-olds who were playing football. He recalled his introduction to coaching as follows: He began his formal coaching career as an assistant football coach ...
Coaching and awards
In March 1959, Ostendarp was hired as the head football coach at Amherst College. He held that position for 33 years from 1959 to 1991. He led the Amherst Lord Jeffs to undefeated, untied seasons in 1964 and 1984. He also led his teams to 13 Little Three (Amherst, Williams and Wesleyan) championships and nine one-loss seasons. In his 33 years as head coach, Ostendarp compiled an overall record of 168–91–5 and a .646 winning percentage. Four of Ostendarp's Amherst players went on to play in th...
Influence on players
Ostendarp also served on Amherst's faculty as a professor of physical education. He became known for the influence he had on players beyond the football field. Asked by a reporter whether he was interested in coaching at a bigger school, Ostendarp replied, "Where would you go after Amherst?" His players referred to him affectionately as "the Darp" and considered him "one part football coach and one part professor."According to a tribute published by Amherst College following Ostendarp's death...
ESPN controversy
When ESPN sought to televise the 100th annual game between Amherst and Williams College, Ostendarp refused to accommodate the network's demand to change the kickoff. The national broadcast would have generated substantial revenue for the school, but Ostendarp held firm, telling The Wall Street Journal, "We're in education. We aren't in the entertainment business. ... We don't have the stadiums, the crowds, the bands, the cheerleaders or the teams to play on television. We're No. 1 in the coun...
Ostendarp married Shirley Reidinger in 1953. They lived in Sunderland, Massachusetts, and had three sons, Jim, Jan, and Carl, and four daughters, Teresa, Anne, Beth, and Heidi. In 1981, Ostendarp's son, Jan Ostendarp, returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown against Williams to lead Amherst to its first Little Three championship since 1968. In Dece...
Mar 21, 2018 · Amherst College football coach E.J. Mills talks about senior Andrew Dorogi, who died on spring break.
Jun 28, 2014 · AMHERST – About seven months ago, E.J. Mills was patrolling the sidelines of Pratt Field at Amherst College as his football team clung to a slim lead over Trinity. Up by one point with time ...
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