Pie Vann
Pie Vann went 93–54–2 as a head coach, 1949–1968, at Mississippi Southern and Southern Miss. Wikipedia’s season articles record eight seasons differently (1955, 9–1, 1956, 7–2–1, 1957, 8–3, 1958, 9–0, 1959, 6–4, 1960, 6–4, 1961, 8–2 and 1962, 9–1); by them his record is 139–59–2. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1949–54 at Mississippi Southern. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 93–54–2 career
- Seasons
- 20
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1958 3–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Mississippi Southern * | 7–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1950 | Mississippi Southern * | 5–5 | 1st | |||
| 1951 | Mississippi Southern * | 6–5 | 1st | |||
| 1952 | Mississippi Southern * | 10–2 | Sun L | |||
| 1953 | Mississippi Southern * | 9–2 | Sun L | |||
| 1954 | Mississippi Southern * | 6–4 | ||||
| 1955 | Southern Miss | 2–0 (Wikipedia: 9–1) | ||||
| 1956 | Southern Miss | 1–2–1 (Wikipedia: 7–2–1) | Tangerine Bowl L | |||
| 1957 | Southern Miss | 2–3 (Wikipedia: 8–3) | Citrus Bowl L | |||
| 1958 | Southern Miss | 3–0 (Wikipedia: 9–0) | ||||
| 1959 | Southern Miss | 2–2 (Wikipedia: 6–4) | ||||
| 1960 | Southern Miss | 3–2 (Wikipedia: 6–4) | ||||
| 1961 | Southern Miss | 1–2 (Wikipedia: 8–2) | ||||
| 1962 | Southern Miss | 2–1 (Wikipedia: 9–1) | ||||
| 1963 | Southern Miss | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1964 | Southern Miss | 6–3 | ||||
| 1965 | Southern Miss | 7–2 | ||||
| 1966 | Southern Miss | 6–4 | ||||
| 1967 | Southern Miss | 6–3 | ||||
| 1968 | Southern Miss | 4–6 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 7–9 | 44% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 32 | 14–16–2 | 47% |
| At home | 34 | 26–8 | 76% |
| On the road | 38 | 16–21–1 | 43% |
| At neutral sites | 13 | 8–4–1 | 65% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 54 | 41–13 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 31 | 9–20–2 | 32% |
His own 85 games on file, 1955–1968, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Murphy 1960–1968 | 3–7 | Memphis | 10 | |
| Earle Edwards 1958–1966 | 4–3 | NC State | 7 | |
| Edwin Merrick 1962–1965 | 4–0 | Richmond | 4 | |
| Bill Peterson 1960–1964 | 2–1–1 | Florida State | 4 | |
| Thomas Nugent 1955–1957 | 2–1 | Florida State | 3 | |
| Frank Jones 1966–1968 | 2–1 | Richmond | 3 | |
| Ralph Jordan 1959–1965 | 1–2 | Auburn | 3 | |
| Paul Davis 1964–1966 | 0–3 | Mississippi State | 3 | |
| Bear Bryant 1966–1968 | 0–3 | Alabama | 3 | |
| John Vaught 1966–1968 | 0–3 | Ole Miss | 3 |
Pie Vann’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Memphisseries | 10 | 3–7 |
| Richmondseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| Florida Stateseries | 7 | 4–2–1 |
| NC Stateseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| West Texasseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Alabamaseries | 5 | 0–4–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937–48 | Mississippi Southern | Assistant coach | |
| 1949–68 | Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss | Head coach | |
| 1955–68 | Southern Miss | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Maxie LambrightLouisiana Tech
- P.W. UnderwoodSouthern Miss
- Doug BarfieldAuburn
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxie Lambright | Southern Miss, 1959–66: offensive backs coach | Louisiana Tech | |
| P.W. Underwood | Southern Miss, 1963–66: line coach | Southern Miss | |
| Doug Barfield | Southern Miss, 1967–68: offensive backs coach | Auburn |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.