John Howard Vaught was an American college football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1947 to 1970 and again in 1973. Born in Olney, Texas, Vaught graduated as valedictorian from Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Texas Christian University, where he was an honor student and was named an All-American in 1932. Vaught served as a line coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under head coach Raymond Wolf from 1936 until 1941. In 1942, Vaught served as an assistant coach with the North Carolina Pre-Flight School. After serving in World War II as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, he took a job as an assistant coach at Ole Miss in 1946, and was named head coach a year later. After winning the university's first conference title in his initial season in 1947, he led the Rebels to additional Southeastern Conference titles in 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, and 1963. Vaught is the only coach in Ole Miss history to win an SEC football championship. His 1960 team received the Grantland Rice Award from the Football Writers Association of America. 

May 6th, 1909 in Texas  /  Died:   Feb 3rd, 2006 - at age 96