Braxton Bragg "Opp" O'Mara (September 15, 1896 – May 24, 1969) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as a football player-coach for one season at the University of Southern Mississippi–then known as Mississippi Normal College–in 1920, compiling a record of 4–2–1.[1] His stint as a player at Hattiesburg was sandwiched between two stints as a player at the University of Mississippi (1918–1919, 1921).[2] O'Mara graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1922.[3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 15, 1896 |
| Died | May 24, 1969 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | Mississippi (M.D. 1922) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1918–1919 | Ole Miss |
| 1920 | Mississippi Normal |
| 1921 | Ole Miss |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920 | Mississippi Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1921 | Mississippi Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–2–1 (football) 2–2 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Normal Normalites (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Mississippi Normal | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| Mississippi Normal: | 4–2–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–2–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Cox, John W. (2004). Rock Solid: Southern Miss Football. University Press of Mississippi. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Ole Miss". University of Mississippi. 1922. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Ole Miss (1922)". University of Mississippi. 1922. Retrieved April 16, 2019.