B. B. O'Mara

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]

B. B. O'Mara

Biographical details
Born	(1896-09-15)September 15, 1896
Died	May 24, 1969(1969-05-24) (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

Football

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

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.