Oliver M. Olson was an American football, basketball, track, and cross country coach. He served as the head football coach at Macalester College (1939–1942), Black Hills Teachers College—now known as Black Hills State University (1946–1947), Beloit College (1948–1949), Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois (1950), and West Liberty University (1957–1958).[1] Olson was also the head basketball coach Augustana during the 1950–51 season and at West Liberty, serving two stints (1953–1957) and (1959–1964), leading his team to one West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) regular season championship (1961) and three conference tournament titles (1952, 1957, 1960).[2]
Olson played college football at Northwestern University, lettering in 1931, 1932, and 1933. He also ran track at Northwestern. Olson was the head track coach and an assistant football coach for three seasons at Carlton College before he was hired at Macalester.[3] He is a member of both the Black Hills State Hall of Fame (inducted in 1985) and the West Liberty State Hall of Fame (inducted in 1982).[4]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1939–1942) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Macalester | 4–1–3 | 2–1–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1940 | Macalester | 5–1–1 | 4–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1941 | Macalester | 5–3 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1942 | Macalester | 4–4 | 2–3 | T–6th | |||||
| Macalester: | 18–9–4 | 12–7–3 | |||||||
| Black Hills Yellow Jackets (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Black Hills | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1947 | Black Hills | 3–4–2 | 1–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Black Hills: | 8–6–2 | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| Beloit Blue Devils (Midwest Conference) (1948–1949) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Beloit | 0–7–1 | 0–5–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1949 | Beloit | 2–6 | 1–5 | T–7th | |||||
| Beloit: | 2–13–1 | 1–10–1 | |||||||
| Augustana (Illinois) Vikings (College Conference of Illinois) (1950) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Augustana | 2–6 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| Augustana (IL): | 2–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| West Liberty Hilltoppers (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1957–1958) | |||||||||
| 1957 | West Liberty | 2–6–1 | 2–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1958 | West Liberty | 2–6 | 2–6 | 10th | |||||
| West Liberty: | 4–12–1 | 4–9–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 34–46–8 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ Augustana Yearbook 1951. Augustana (Illinois) College. 1951. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Class of 1982". Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ "Ollie Olson Named Coach at Macalaster". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. February 1, 1939. p. 15. Retrieved January 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Hall of Fame Class of 1985". Retrieved December 21, 2017.