Thad Vann
{{Short description|American football and baseball coach (1907–1982)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Thad Vann
| image = Thad Vann.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|9|22}}
| birth_place = Magnolia, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|9|7|1907|9|22}}
| death_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1926–1928
| player_team2 = Ole Miss
| player_positions = Tackle
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1937–1948
| coach_team2 = Mississippi Southern (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1949–1968
| coach_team3 = Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss
| coach_sport4 = Baseball
| coach_years5 = 1948–1949
| coach_team5 = Mississippi Southern
| overall_record = 139–59–2 (football)
21–21 (baseball)
| bowl_record = 0–4
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
2 UPI small college (1958, 1962)
2 Gulf States (1950–1951)
| awards = Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (1971)
Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame (1987)
| coaching_records =
| CFBHOF_year = 1987
| CFBHOF_id = 1767
}}
Thad "Pie" Vann (September 22, 1907 – September 7, 1982) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi—known as Mississippi Southern College prior to 1962—from 1949 to 1968. During his tenure, he compiled a 139–59–2 record and helped transform Mississippi Southern 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 also the head baseball coach at Mississippi Southern from 1948 to 1949, tallying a mark of 21–21. Van died on September 7, 1982, at Veterans Administration Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, following long illness.{{cite news |author= |title=Former USM Coach Vann Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26925904/enterprisejournal/ |newspaper=Enterprise-Journal |location=McComb, Mississippi |date=September 8, 1982 |page=6 |access-date=January 6, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Mississippi Southern Southerners
| conf = Gulf States Conference
| startyear = 1949
| endyear = 1951
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1950
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1951
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss Southerners
| conf = NCAA College Division independent
| startyear = 1952
| endyear = 1959
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 10–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Sun
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 9–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Sun
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 9–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 7–2–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Tangerine
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 8–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Tangerine
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1958
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 9–0
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = Mississippi Southern
| overall = 8–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1962
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 9–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southern Miss Southerners
| conf = NCAA University Division independent
| startyear = 1963
| endyear = 1968
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1963
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 5–3–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1964
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 6–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 7–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 6–4
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 6–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 4–6
| conference =
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| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 139–59–2
| confrecord = 9–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 139–59–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|1767}}
- {{Find a Grave}}
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