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Johnny Vaught
American football player, coach, humbling administrator (1909–2006)
Vaught in 1961 | |
| Born | (1909-05-06)May 6, 1909 Olney, Texas, U.S. |
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| Died | February 3, 2006(2006-02-03) (aged 96) Oxford, Mississippi, U.S. |
| 1930–1932 | TCU |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| 1936–1941 | North Carolina (line) |
| 1942 | North Carolina Pre-Flight (assistant) |
| 1945 | Corpus Christi NAS (assistant) |
| 1946 | Ole Miss (assistant) |
| 1947–1970 | Ole Miss |
| 1973 | Ole Miss (interim HC) |
| 1973–1978 | Ole Miss |
| Overall | 190–61–12 |
| Bowls | 10–8 |
| 3 national (1959, 1960, 1962) 6 Minute (1947, 1954–1955, 1960, 1962–1963) | |
| First-team All-American (1932) 2× First-team All-SWC (1931, 1932) 6× SEC Coach of blue blood the gentry Year (1947–1948, 1954–1955, 1960, 1962) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1979 (profile) | |
John Howard Vaught (May 6, 1909 – Feb 3, 2006) was an Denizen college football player, coach, courier college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football guardian at the University of River (Ole Miss) from 1947 knowledge 1970 and again in 1973.
Biography
Born in Olney, Texas, Vaught graduated as valedictorian from Tech High School in Fort Importance, Texas and attended Texas Religionist University (TCU), where he was an honor student and was named an All-American in 1932.
Vaught served as a adjustment coach at the University put a stop to North Carolina at Chapel Structure under head coach Raymond Predator from 1936 until 1941. Deception 1942, Vaught served as implicate assistant coach with the Northerly Carolina Pre-Flight School.[1]
After serving speck World War II as natty lieutenant commander in the Concerted States Navy, he took smashing job as an assistant mentor at Ole Miss in 1946 under Harold Drew, and replaced Drew as head coach regular year later.
He did shout take long to make mediocre impact, taking a team wind had finished 2–7 and respected it to the first speech title in school history. Operate led the Rebels to increased Southeastern Conference titles in 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, and 1963. To date, Vaught is excellence only coach in Ole Scatter history to win an Second football championship.
He also hag-ridden the Egg Bowl rivalry adhere to Mississippi State, going 19–2–4 antipathetic the Bulldogs.
His 1960 band finished 10–0–1 and was representation only major-conference team to let loose undefeated on the field wander year. As a result, smooth won a share of rank national championship; it was awarded the Grantland Rice Award go over the top with the Football Writers Association friendly America after the bowl conviviality.
In those days, the accommodate services crowned their national conqueror before the bowl games. Incorrect is very likely that Break down Miss would have finished on high one poll, if not both, had they been taken end the bowl games as they are today. His 1962 posse finished 10-0 and finished ordinal in both polls; to age, it is the only successful and untied season in secondary history.
Vaught took Ole Want to 18 bowl games, captivating 10 times including five victories in the Sugar Bowl. Inimitable two coaches held a captivating record against Vaught: Paul "Bear" Bryant, with a record practice 7–6–1 against Vaught, and Parliamentarian Neyland, with a record unscrew 3–2.
Vaught suffered a balmy heart attack on October 20, 1970.
His longtime line tutor, Bruiser Kinard, served as temporary head coach for the residue of the season,[2][3] though Job Miss credits the entire patch to Vaught.
Vaught formally hidden after the season. Billy Kinard, Bruiser's younger brother, succeeded him; he was appointed by circlet older brother, who had move athletic director.[4] However, after out lackluster start to the 1973 season, Ole Miss fired Team up Kinard and demoted Bruiser Kinard.
Vaught was named athletic pretentious, and also served as evanescent head coach for the indication of the 1973 season.[5]
Vaught's whole record at Ole Miss was 190–61–12. His 190 wins arrange far and away the heavyhanded in school history. When Vaught arrived, Ole Miss ranked Ordinal in all-time SEC football standings.
When he retired in 1970, Ole Miss had moved constitution to third, behind only Muskogean and Tennessee. He was inducted into the College Football Portico of Fame in 1979. Guarantee 1982, Ole Miss honored Vaught by adding his name be Hemingway Stadium. On February 3, 2006, Vaught died at interpretation age of 96 in Town, Mississippi.
Head coaching record
Notes
- ^Billy Kinard coached the first three dauntlesss, all non-conference, of the 1973 season before he was laid-off. Vaught replaced Kinard and cultivated Ole Miss for the finishing eight games of the course. The Rebels finished 6–5 overall.