Thad Vann
American football player and coach, baseball coach
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| Intro | American football player and coach, baseball coach | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Sports coach | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 22 September 1907, Magnolia, Pike County, Mississippi, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 7 September 1982 (aged 75 years) |
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Biography
Thad "Pie" Vann (September 22, 1907 – September 7, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1949 to 1968. During his tenure, he compiled a 139–59–2 record and helped transform the Golden Eagles into one of the nation's elite programs. His only losing season came in 1968, after 19 consecutive winning seasons. His 1953 team went 9–2, including a major upset against Alabama. His 1954 team went 6–4 and upset Alabama once again. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Mississippi Southern Southerners (Gulf States Conference) (1949–1951) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Mississippi Southern | 7–3 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1950 | Mississippi Southern | 5–5 | 3–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1951 | Mississippi Southern | 6–5 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss Southerners (NCAA College Division independent) (1952–1959) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Mississippi Southern | 10–2 | L Sun | ||||||
| 1953 | Mississippi Southern | 9–2 | L Sun | ||||||
| 1954 | Mississippi Southern | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1955 | Mississippi Southern | 9–1 | |||||||
| 1956 | Mississippi Southern | 7–2–1 | L Tangerine | ||||||
| 1957 | Mississippi Southern | 8–3 | L Tangerine | ||||||
| 1958 | Mississippi Southern | 9–0 | |||||||
| 1959 | Mississippi Southern | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1960 | Mississippi Southern | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1961 | Mississippi Southern | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1962 | Southern Miss | 9–1 | |||||||
| Southern Miss Southerners (NCAA University Division independent) (1963–1968) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Southern Miss | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1964 | Southern Miss | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1965 | Southern Miss | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1966 | Southern Miss | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1967 | Southern Miss | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1968 | Southern Miss | 4–6 | |||||||
| Southern Miss: | 139–59–2 | 10–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 139–59–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||