Millard Fleming "Dixie" Howell (November 24, 1912 – March 2, 1971) was an American football and baseball player and coach.

[1] As a senior, the Crimson Tide ran the Notre Dame Box offense, and he was a consensus All-American in 1934, as well as one of the nation's top punters.

The Crimson Tide posted a 10–0 record, and defeated previously unbeaten Stanford 29-13 in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, 1935.

Howell threw two touchdown passes to Hutson and ran for two more; he is a member of the all-time Rose Bowl team.

[12] He was a finalist for the open job at Idaho in 1941 to succeed Ted Bank,[13] which went to Francis Schmidt, then resigned his position at Tempe in the spring of 1942 and joined the U.S. Navy as a physical training instructor for naval aviators.

[19][20] The progress did not continue, as the Vandals opened the 1948 season with four losses and went 3–6 overall and 1–5 in conference, defeating only Montana for the Little Brown Stein.

Idaho played Washington State close at Rogers Field in Pullman and gave Oregon a scare in Moscow.

[25] Assistant coach Babe Curfman succeeded him, after leading the team through its spring drills on an interim basis.

[31] In the book To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 11, Scout, in an attempt to cheer up her brother, tells him he resembles Dixie Howell.

Weeks after his death, Alabama created an award in his name, given to the outstanding player of the annual spring game.