Anyone recall why Vaught returned for 1 year at Ole Miss??

[kfo9494]

I was reading an article concerning Coach John Vaught at Ole Miss. It says he retired after the 1970 season. Then the coach was replaced by Coach Kinard -going to the peach Bowl in 1971. Then the article jumps to Coach Vaught replacing the head coach AND ALSO the Ath. Director after a startling developments after the memphis State game in 1973
Does anyone know what happened?
I am guessing they lost to Memphis State but to fire the head coach and the AD all in the same day???
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It goes on to say that he finished the season out (nothing about the record) and that ken Cooper took over for the 1974 team but Vaught remained as AD.

Anyone know what happened

 

[lafella]

they went 5-3 after Kinard (1-2 ) was replaced.

 

[TIDEFAN17]

Probably for the same reasons we wanted Gene Stallings back after the 97 season. lol.

 

[THE BAMA IRISHMAN]

I was reading an article concerning Coach John Vaught at Ole Miss. It says he retired after the 1970 season. Then the coach was replaced by Coach Kinard -going to the peach Bowl in 1971. Then the article jumps to Coach Vaught replacing the head coach AND ALSO the Ath. Director after a startling developments after the memphis State game in 1973
Does anyone know what happened?
I am guessing they lost to Memphis State but to fire the head coach and the AD all in the same day???
>
It goes on to say that he finished the season out (nothing about the record) and that ken Cooper took over for the 1974 team but Vaught remained as AD.

Anyone know what happened

http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=2&url_article_id=6778&change_well_id=2

In 1973 he came back to finish the 73 season after Coach Kinard team started 1-2. He guided Ole to a 6 - 5 season record.

He step down once again for health reasons.

In his 24.5 years with Ole Miss his record was 190-61-12. Vaught's teams won six Southeastern Conference championships from 1947-70.

 

[BigEasyTider]

I was really young when all of this happened, but as best I recall Vaught stepped down for a variety of reasons that were mainly driven by age and health concerns.

Anyway, they hired Kinard, and that didn't go well. So, looking to re-energize the program, they wooed Vaught out of retirement and he coached a bit longer.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

That pretty much sums it up. CJV had coached as long as his health would allow. The OM faithful loved Bruiser Kinard as a player, but he didn't measure up as an HC. Vaught came back to try and rescue the season. My wife's from Oxford and is an OM grad...

 

[exiledNms]

That pretty much sums it up. CJV had coached as long as his health would allow. The OM faithful loved Bruiser Kinard as a player, but he didn't measure up as an HC. Vaught came back to try and rescue the season. My wife's from Oxford and is an OM grad...

Didn't some of the big $$ folks pretty much demand of the Pres. that the AD & HC be cut loose immediately and JV be brought back in the mean time? That was way before we were in MS. Shoot, that's even before I went to Bama!

Aside: we just returned from Oxford, visiting my pharmacy school-bound son. The weather & the campus were great. Plus, we ran into Coach Nutt in the grocery store. He's bigger than I had thought. We saw their fullback @ church this morning; he, too, is bigger than I thought! (Or, maybe I'm just smaller than I remember...:biggrin

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Yeah, it was a forced thing...

 

[quince]

That pretty much sums it up. CJV had coached as long as his health would allow. The OM faithful loved Bruiser Kinard as a player, but he didn't measure up as an HC. Vaught came back to try and rescue the season. My wife's from Oxford and is an OM grad...

I think Billy Kinard (not Bruiser) was the HC.....

 

[TiderinMiss]

I think Billy Kinard (not Bruiser) was the HC.....

Bruiser was AD. Billy was the HC.

Billy Kinard

 

[TIDE-HSV]

You are correct. Haste makes waste...