“Coach MacMillan has made Idaho a nationally known institution in the basketball world. No matter what the material he has to work with at the beginning of a season, the students and faculty expect to see a championship team put into action. Under MacMillan’s directorship, Idaho teams have taken one Pacific Coast championship, and two Northwest conference championships. His famous ‘man for man’ defense is now being used in practically all Idaho high schools, and in several of the colleges of the west.”

Praise for temporary athletic director and long-time basketball coach David L. MacMillan from the 1926 Gem of the Mountains Digital Yearbook.