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American football, basketball, and baseball coach

O. V. Austin
Biographical details
Born	(1890-09-25)September 25, 1890
Died	May 22, 1960(1960-05-22) (aged 69) Mississippi, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1910–1911	Ole Miss
Baseball
1911	Ole Miss

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1923	Mississippi Normal
Basketball
1921–1923	Mississippi Normal
Baseball
1920–1924	Mississippi Normal

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1921–1924	Mississippi Normal

Head coaching record
Overall	8–13 (football) 15–6 (basketball) 33–15–3 (baseball)

Oliver V. "Spout" Austin Sr. (September 25, 1890 – May 22, 1960) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Mississippi Normal College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 1921 to 1923, compiling a record of 8–13. Austin was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Normal from 1921 to 19283, tallying a mark of 15–6, and the school's head baseball from 1920 to 1924, amassing a record of 33–15–3.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall
Mississippi Normal Normalites (Independent) (1921–1923)
1921	Mississippi Normal	3–4
1922	Mississippi Normal	2–6
1923	Mississippi Normal	3–3
Mississippi Normal:		8–13
Total:		8–13

References

"History and Records" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
"2017 USM Baseball Almanac" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

External links

O. V. Austin at Find a Grave
O.V. Austin Papers, Special Collections at The University of Southern Mississippi

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