Entering into his third season on the Boxer sidelines in 2016 is safeties coach Bryan Mills
Mills was a four-year starter for the Boxers, beginning with Pacific reinstatement year of 2010, and he earned honorable mention All-Northwest Conference honors in 2011 and 2012. During his senior year, he had 60 tackles and four interceptions.
Mills also led Pacific in tackles each of his first two seasons, finishing with 62 tackles as a sophomore and 46 as a freshman.
While an effective defender, Mills may best be known for a 100-yard defensive two-point conversion that he scored against Lewis & Clark on Oct. 1, 2011. The video of that play landed on ESPN’s SportsCenter as their “Top Play of the Day.”
A native of Imbler, Ore., Mills was a four-time All-Old Oregon League selection and was twice named First Team All-State as both a quarterback and defensive back. As a senior, he was selected to play in both the 1A State All-Star Game and the East/West Shrine Game.
Mills graduated from Pacific in 2014 with a degree in education and a minor in sociology.