| Johnny Vaught | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | May 6, 1909 | |
| Place of birth | Olney, Texas | |
| Died | February 3, 2006 (aged 96) | |
| Place of death | Oxford, Mississippi | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 190-61-12 At home: 57-6-2 |
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| Bowls | 10-8 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| National Championship (3): 1959, 1960, 1962 Southeastern Conference Championship (6): 1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1963 |
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| Awards | ||
| SEC Coach of the Year (6): 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962 Misc. Honors Inducted 1976: Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inducted 1987: Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame 1993: Ole Miss Coach of the Century (1893-1992) 1996: Southeastern Conference Legend |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1930-1932 | Texas Christian University (TCU) | |
| Position | Guard | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1936-1941 1946 1947–1970 1973 |
North Carolina (asst.) Ole Miss (asst.) Ole Miss Ole Miss |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1979 (Bio) | ||
John Howard Vaught (May 6, 1909 – February 3, 2006) was an American college football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1947 to 1970 and again in 1973.
Born in Olney, Texas, he graduated as valedictorian from Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth and attended Texas Christian University (TCU), where he was an honor student and was named All-American. Vaught served as a line coach at North Carolina with Ray "Bear" Wolf from 1936 until 1941. After serving in World War II as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, he took a job as an assistant coach at Ole Miss in 1946, and was named head coach a year later. After winning the university's first conference title in his initial 1947 season, he led the Rebels to additional Southeastern Conference titles in 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962 and 1963.
Vaught is currently the only coach in Rebels history to win an SEC football championship. Three of his teams, in 1959, 1960, and 1962, won shares of the national championship. His 1960 team received the Grantland Rice trophy from the FWAA. He took Ole Miss to 18 bowl games, winning 10 times including five victories in the Sugar Bowl. Only two coaches held a winning record against Vaught, one being Paul "Bear" Bryant, with a record of 4 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie against Vaught, and the other being General Robert Neyland holding a 3 win to two loss advantage.
Vaught's overall record at Ole Miss was 190 wins 61 losses and 12 ties. When Vaught was named Ole Miss head coach, the university ranked 9th in all-time Southeastern Conference football standings. When he retired in 1970, Ole Miss had moved up to third. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979. In 1982, Ole Miss revised the name of its football stadium from Hemingway Stadium to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. In early 2006 Vaught died at the age of 96 in Oxford, Mississippi.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | AP# | UPI° | ||
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| Ole Miss (Southeastern Conference) (1947–1970) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Ole Miss | 9–2 | 6–0 | 1 | W Delta | 13 | n/a | ||
| 1948 | Ole Miss | 8–1 | 6–1 | 2 | 15 | n/a | |||
| 1949 | Ole Miss | 4–5–1 | 2–4 | 9 | n/a | ||||
| 1950 | Ole Miss | 5–5 | 1–5 | 11 | |||||
| 1951 | Ole Miss | 6–3–1 | 4–2–1 | 3 (t) | |||||
| 1952 | Ole Miss | 8–1–2 | 4–0–2 | 3 | W Sugar | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1953 | Ole Miss | 7–2–1 | 4–1–1 | 2 (t) | |||||
| 1954 | Ole Miss | 9–2 | 5–0 | 1 | L Sugar | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1955 | Ole Miss | 10–1 | 5–1 | 1 | W Cotton Bowl Classic | 10 | 9 | ||
| 1956 | Ole Miss | 7–3 | 4–2 | 4 | |||||
| 1957 | Ole Miss | 9–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 2 | W Sugar | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1958 | Ole Miss | 9–2 | 3–2 | 3 | W Gator | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1959 | Ole Miss | 10–1 | 5–1 | 2 (t) | W Sugar | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1960 | Ole Miss | 10–0–1 | 5–0–1 | 1 | W Sugar | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1961 | Ole Miss | 10–2 | 4–1 | 3 | L Cotton | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1962 | Ole Miss | 10–0 | 6–0 | 1 | W Sugar | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1963 | Ole Miss | 7–1–2 | 5–0–1 | 1 | L Sugar | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1964 | Ole Miss | 5–5–1 | 2–3–1 | 7 | L Bluebonnet | 20 | |||
| 1965 | Ole Miss | 7–4 | 5–3 | 4 | W Liberty | 17 | |||
| 1966 | Ole Miss | 8–3 | 5–2 | 4 | L Bluebonnet | 12 | |||
| 1967 | Ole Miss | 6–4–1 | 3–2–1 | 6 (t) | L Sun | ||||
| 1968 | Ole Miss | 7–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 5 | W Liberty | ||||
| 1969 | Ole Miss | 8–3 | 4–2 | 5 | W Sugar | 8 | 12 | ||
| 1970 | Ole Miss | 7–4 | 4–2 | 4 | L Gator | 20 | |||
| Ole Miss (Southeastern Conference) (Sept. 29, 1973–Nov. 24, 1973) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Ole Miss | 5–3 | 4–3 | 3 | |||||
| Total: | 190–61–12 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #AP Poll. °UPI Poll (Did not start until 1950). |
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External links
| Preceded by Harold Drew |
University of Mississippi Head Football Coaches 1947–1970 |
Succeeded by Billy Kinard |
| Preceded by Billy Kinard |
University of Mississippi Head Football Coaches 1973 |
Succeeded by Ken Cooper |
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