Mike Gillette (born c. 1967) is a former American football and baseball player. He was a placekicker for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1985 to 1988 and a punter for the 1988 team. He also played baseball for Michigan, and later played professionally in the minor leagues. Gillette finished his college football career is the leading scorer in Michigan football history with 295 points on 53 field goals, 130 extra points, and one touchdown. He also set Michigan records for the longest field goal (56 yards) and most field goals in a single game (five).
Gillette grew up in St. Joseph, Michigan, and was an all-state quarterback, placekicker and punter at St. Joseph High School.[1][2] He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1985.
Gillette had the best season of his career in 1988 and was selected by conference coaches for the United Press International as a first-team kicker on the 1988 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[3] High and low points of Gillette's 1988 season include the following:
During his four years at Michigan, Gillette was successful on 53 of 75 field goal attempts for 159 points.[11] He also successfully converted 130 of 133 extra point attempts,[12] and ran for a touchdown, giving him a total of 295 points during his Michigan football career.
In addition to his kicking duties, Gillette also played college baseball for the Wolverines.[13] In the summer of 1987, he played catcher for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League. When he had to leave the team before the end of the season to return to school for football practice, Gillette was replaced on the Mariners' roster by future major leaguer John Flaherty.[14][15]
Gillette was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 34th round of the 1988 MLB Draft. He went on to play minor league baseball from 1990 to 1992.[16]
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