Preston Vaughn Overall
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 5, 1897 Middle Tennessee State Normal |
| 1921 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Guard, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1946 | Tennessee Poly/Tech |
| 1952–1953 | Tennessee Tech |
| Basketball | |
| 1924–1947 | Tennessee Poly/Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 97–96–18 (football) 170–151–1 (basketball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 OVC (1952–1953) | |
Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall (June 5, 1897 – January 1, 1974) was an
1917 team, as well as one year with Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores, in 1921. The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College tells us "During his Murfreesboro days, "Putty Overall" was a hulking giant of two hundred and seventy-five pounds who required custom-made uniforms."[1] He was honored in 1961 as a distinguished alumnus of Middle Tennessee State University.[1] In 1966, he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
Overall died on January 1, 1974, at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Poly Golden Eagles (Independent) (1923–1930) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Tennessee Poly | 2–3–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Tennessee Poly | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | Tennessee Poly | 3–2–1 | |||||||
| 1926 | Tennessee Poly | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| 1927 | Tennessee Poly | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1928 | Tennessee Poly | 6–0–1 | |||||||
| 1929 | Tennessee Poly | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1930 | Tennessee Poly | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| Tennessee Poly Golden Eagles (Mississippi Valley Conference) (1931–1932) | |||||||||
| 1931 | Tennessee Poly | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1932 | Tennessee Poly | 4–0–3 | 2–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1933–1941) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Tennessee Tech | 4–4 | 2–2 | T–14th | |||||
| 1934 | Tennessee Tech | 3–5–1 | 1–4 | T–26th | |||||
| 1935 | Tennessee Tech | 1–6–1 | 0–5–1 | T–32nd | |||||
| 1936 | Tennessee Tech | 2–5–1 | 1–5 | T–24th | |||||
| 1937 | Tennessee Tech | 3–5–1 | 1–5–1 | T–27th | |||||
| 1938 | Tennessee Tech | 6–3 | 4–1 | T–8th | |||||
| 1939 | Tennessee Tech | 6–3–1 | 4–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1940 | Tennessee Tech | 2–6 | 1–2 | T–19th | |||||
| 1941 | Tennessee Tech | 5–4 | 3–1 | T–6th | |||||
| Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Independent) (1942–1946) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Tennessee Tech | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| 1943 | Tennessee Tech | 1–5 | |||||||
| 1944 | Tennessee Tech | 1–2 | |||||||
| 1945 | Tennessee Tech | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1946 | Tennessee Tech | 5–5 | |||||||
| Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1952–1953) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Tennessee Tech | 9–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | L Tangerine | ||||
| 1953 | Tennessee Tech | 7–4 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Tennessee Poly/Tech: | 97–96–18 | ||||||||
| Total: | 97–96–18 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ a b Homer Pittard. The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College. pp. 73, 219.
- ^ "Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall".
- Newspapers.com.
