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B. B. O'Mara

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B. B. O'Mara
Biographical details
Born(1896-09-15)September 15, 1896
DiedMay 24, 1969(1969-05-24) (aged 72)
Alma materMississippi (M.D. 1922)
Playing career
Football
1918–1919Ole Miss
1920Mississippi Normal
1921Ole Miss
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920Mississippi Normal
Basketball
1920–1921Mississippi Normal
Head coaching record
Overall4–2–1 (football)
2–2 (basketball)

Braxton Bragg "Opp" O'Mara (September 15, 1896 – May 24, 1969) was an American college football player and coach of college football and college 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]

Head coaching record

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Football

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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

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  1. ^ Cox, John W. (2004). Rock Solid: Southern Miss Football. University Press of Mississippi. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ole Miss". University of Mississippi. 1922. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss (1922)". University of Mississippi. 1922. Retrieved April 16, 2019.