Preston Vaughn Overall
Biographical details
Born(1897-06-05)June 5, 1897
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1, 1974(1974-01-01) (aged 76)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917Middle Tennessee State Normal
1921Vanderbilt
Position(s)Guard, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1946Tennessee Poly/Tech
1952–1953Tennessee Tech
Basketball
1924–1947Tennessee Poly/Tech
Head coaching record
Overall97–96–18 (football)
170–151–1 (basketball)
Bowls0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 OVC (1952–1953)

Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall (June 5, 1897 – January 1, 1974) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head coach of football, baseball, and basketball at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, now known as Tennessee Tech. He came out of retirement in 1952 and coached Tech's football team, posting a 9–1 regular season record plus an invitation to the 1953 Tangerine Bowl. Overall played football at Middle Tennessee State, where he was captain of the 1917 team, as well as one year with Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores, in 1921. The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College tells us "During his Murfreesboro days, "Putty Overall" was a hulking giant of two hundred and seventy-five pounds who required custom-made uniforms."[1] He was honored in 1961 as a distinguished alumnus of Middle Tennessee State University.[1] In 1966, he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

Overall died on January 1, 1974, at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Tennessee Poly Golden Eagles (Independent) (1923–1930)
1923 Tennessee Poly 2–3–1
1924 Tennessee Poly 5–3–1
1925 Tennessee Poly 3–2–1
1926 Tennessee Poly 1–4–1
1927 Tennessee Poly 2–5–1
1928 Tennessee Poly 6–0–1
1929 Tennessee Poly 3–3–1
1930 Tennessee Poly 6–2–1
Tennessee Poly Golden Eagles (Mississippi Valley Conference) (1931–1932)
1931 Tennessee Poly 6–3
1932 Tennessee Poly 4–0–32–0–12nd
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1933–1941)
1933 Tennessee Tech 4–42–2T–14th
1934 Tennessee Tech 3–5–11–4T–26th
1935 Tennessee Tech 1–6–10–5–1T–32nd
1936 Tennessee Tech 2–5–11–5T–24th
1937 Tennessee Tech 3–5–11–5–1T–27th
1938 Tennessee Tech 6–34–1T–8th
1939 Tennessee Tech 6–3–14–02nd
1940 Tennessee Tech 2–61–2T–19th
1941 Tennessee Tech 5–43–1T–6th
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Independent) (1942–1946)
1942 Tennessee Tech 3–4–2
1943 Tennessee Tech 1–5
1944 Tennessee Tech 1–2
1945 Tennessee Tech 1–8
1946 Tennessee Tech 5–5
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1952–1953)
1952 Tennessee Tech 9–24–1T–1stL Tangerine
1953 Tennessee Tech 7–45–01st
Tennessee Poly/Tech: 97–96–18
Total:97–96–18
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. 1 2 Homer Pittard. The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College. pp. 73, 219.
  2. ↑ "Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall".
  3. ↑ "Sports News And Views". The Daily News Journal. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. January 3, 1974. p. 8. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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