O. V. Austin | |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1890 |
Death Place: | Mississippi, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Basketball |
Player Years2: | 1910–1911 |
Player Team2: | Ole Miss |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1911 |
Player Team4: | Ole Miss |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1921–1923 |
Coach Team2: | Mississippi Normal |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1921–1923 |
Coach Team4: | Mississippi Normal |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1920–1924 |
Coach Team6: | Mississippi Normal |
Admin Years1: | 1921–1924 |
Admin Team1: | Mississippi Normal |
Overall Record: | 8–13 (football) 15–6 (basketball) 33–15–3 (baseball) |
Oliver V. "Spout" Austin Sr. (September 25, 1890 – May 22, 1960) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Mississippi Normal College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from 1921 to 1923, compiling a record of 8–13.[1] Austin was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Normal from 1921 to 19283, tallying a mark of 15–6, and the school's head baseball from 1920 to 1924, amassing a record of 33–15–3.[2]