University of Southern Mississippi - Southerner Yearbook (Hattiesburg, MS)

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There is some discrepancy wheTher iT was he or his brofher who liked pie beTTer. buf Thad was sTuck wiTh The name. a name ThaT is called ouT among The winningesT coaches in fooTball. a confidence in his boys. an inTeresT in The growTh of a program, and an aversion To losing are record- ed in a I39-55-2 score. To The specTaTors l mama was always onel, he was silver-gray hair. To his boys. he was a sTern discipli- narian. he worked Them hard. buf if They came Through, maybe They wouldn'T have To wear pads for The nexT pracTice. he had a special inTer- esT in Their progress, noT iusT fooT- ball, buf individual developmenT of each. he was dedicaTed. crickeT- careful on Thursday's, always keep- ing a promise. always reTurning wiTh The Team: he was all-pike c-ounTy. his Teams broughf home numerous and freguenf awards: l958, l962 upi besT in The naTion : I963, I965. i966 no. I' in ToTal defense in The nafiong I967. no. 6 in ToTal defense and no. 3 in rushing defense. Though I968 was probably his mosT disap- poinfing season, afTer The lasT game, he rode back wiTh The Team-a win- ner. To These 20 years as head coach. To coach Thad pie vann, The l969 soufherner is graTefully dedicaTed. aThleTics I77 greeks 225 classes 269 ofhcem 273 graduafes 274 semors 276 juniors 304 sophomores 322 freshnwen 335 senior biography 340 index 346 paraphenalia 364