Preston Vaughn Overall

Preston Vaughn Overall
Biographical details
Born	June 5, 1897; Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	January 1, 1974 (aged 76); Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917	Middle Tennessee State Normal
1921	Vanderbilt
Positions	Guard, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1946	Tennessee Poly/Tech
1952–1953	Tennessee Tech
Basketball
1924–1947	Tennessee Poly/Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	97–96–18 (football); 170–151–1 (basketball)
Bowls	0–1
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	Conference	Standing	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	4–0–3	2–0–1	2nd
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1933–1941)
1933	Tennessee Tech	4–4	2–2	T–14th
1934	Tennessee Tech	3–5–1	1–4	T–26th
1935	Tennessee Tech	1–6–1	0–5–1	T–32nd
1936	Tennessee Tech	2–5–1	1–5	T–24th
1937	Tennessee Tech	3–5–1	1–5–1	T–27th
1938	Tennessee Tech	6–3	4–1	T–8th
1939	Tennessee Tech	6–3–1	4–0	2nd
1940	Tennessee Tech	2–6	1–2	T–19th
1941	Tennessee Tech	5–4	3–1	T–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	9–2	4–1	T–1st	L Tangerine
1953	Tennessee Tech	7–4	5–0	1st
Tennessee Poly/Tech:		97–96–18
Total:		97–96–18
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth