Donald McKillip

{{short description|American football coach and administrator}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Donald McKillip

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|9|6}}

| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|2|22|1924|9|6}}

| death_place = Concord, Nebraska, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1953–1958

| coach_team1 = Red Willow HS (NE)

| coach_years2 = 1959–1962

| coach_team2 = McCook

| coach_years3 = 1963–1967

| coach_team3 = Adams State

| coach_years4 = 1969

| coach_team4 = Adams State

| admin_years1 = 1970–1989

| admin_team1 = Saint Mary's

| overall_record = 40–17 (college)
30–7–2 (junior college)
45–6–2 (high school)

| bowl_record = 1–0 (college)

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1 RMC (1967)
1 RMAC Mountain Division (1969)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Donald J. McKillip (September 6, 1924 – February 22, 2008)[http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1314675.html Donald McKillip's obituary] was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. McKillip was the 11th head football coach at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—in Alamosa, Colorado and he held that position for six seasons, from 1963 to 1967 and again in 1969. He served as the athletic director at Saint Mary's College of California from 1970 to 1989.

Head coaching record

=College football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Adams State Indians

| conf = Rocky Mountain Conference

| startyear = 1963

| endyear = 1967

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1963

| name = Adams State

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 3–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1964

| name = Adams State

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1965

| name = Adams State

| overall = 5–4

| conference = 1–2

| confstanding = 3rd

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1966

| name = Adams State

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname = Mineral Water Bowl

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1967

| name = Adams State

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 3–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Adams State Indians

| conf = Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1969

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = division

| year = 1969

| name = Adams State

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 6–1

| confstanding = 1st (Mountain)

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Adams State

| overall = 40–17

| confrecord = 17–6

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 40–17

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

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{{cite web |author= |title=NCAA Statistics; Coach; Donald McKillip |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/28299 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=February 6, 2025 }}

=Junior college=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = McCook Indians

| conf = Empire Junior College Conference

| startyear = 1959

| endyear = 1962

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1959

| name = McCook

| overall =

| conference = 3–2–1

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1960

| name = McCook

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 4–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1961

| name = McCook

| overall = 9–1

| conference = 5–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1962

| name = McCook

| overall =

| conference = 3–1–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = McCook

| overall = 30–7–2

| confrecord = 15–6–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 30–7–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References