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04-09-2015, 11:29 AM
From the Sealy News with Funeral Service
T.J. Mills, the coach who led the Sealy Tigers to four consecutive state football championships in the 1990s, passed away Tuesday night of an apparent heart attack.
The Funeral service for Mills will be held Saturday, April 11, at 10 a.m. at the Sealy High School auditorium with the Rev. Curtis Matthys officiating. Interment will be in the Sealy Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the auditorium.
In lieu of usual remembrances, the family suggests contributions to the YMCA T.J. Mills Endowment Fund, 22807 Westheimer Parkway, Katy TX 77494. Knesek Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mills was 148-27 in 15 seasons at Sealy. He coached the Tigers to state 3A championships in 1994-97 and went back to the title game in 1999, but lost to Commerce, 17-10. The Tigers had 10 district championships, and from 1993-1996 the team tied the state record for consecutive at 35. The Tigers set the record in 1997 with 24 consecutive playoff wins, and had a combined record of 63-1 for those four years.
Mills began is coaching career in Luling. After four years he went to Westbury in Houston. After a year as an assistant coach, he became the head coach. Three years later he became the head coach in Sealy, where he mounted a 15-year dynasty before moving on to Odessa Permian for three years and then ending his career with a three-year stint in La Porte.
On July 23 Mills was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor.
Mills was born and raised in Pasadena. He graduated from Pasadena High School where he was a football player who played quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back.
T.J. Mills, the coach who led the Sealy Tigers to four consecutive state football championships in the 1990s, passed away Tuesday night of an apparent heart attack.
The Funeral service for Mills will be held Saturday, April 11, at 10 a.m. at the Sealy High School auditorium with the Rev. Curtis Matthys officiating. Interment will be in the Sealy Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the auditorium.
In lieu of usual remembrances, the family suggests contributions to the YMCA T.J. Mills Endowment Fund, 22807 Westheimer Parkway, Katy TX 77494. Knesek Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mills was 148-27 in 15 seasons at Sealy. He coached the Tigers to state 3A championships in 1994-97 and went back to the title game in 1999, but lost to Commerce, 17-10. The Tigers had 10 district championships, and from 1993-1996 the team tied the state record for consecutive at 35. The Tigers set the record in 1997 with 24 consecutive playoff wins, and had a combined record of 63-1 for those four years.
Mills began is coaching career in Luling. After four years he went to Westbury in Houston. After a year as an assistant coach, he became the head coach. Three years later he became the head coach in Sealy, where he mounted a 15-year dynasty before moving on to Odessa Permian for three years and then ending his career with a three-year stint in La Porte.
On July 23 Mills was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor.
Mills was born and raised in Pasadena. He graduated from Pasadena High School where he was a football player who played quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back.