Ollie Olson

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]

Ollie Olson
Playing career
Football
1931–1933Northwestern
Position(s)kicker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935Boston University (freshman)
1936–1938Carleton (assistant)
1939–1942Macalester
1946–1947Black Hills State
1948–1949Beloit
1950Augustana (IL)
1957–1958West Liberty State
Basketball
1950–1951Augustana (IL)
1951–1953Regis
1953–1957West Liberty State
1959–1964West Liberty State
Track
1935–1936Boston University
1936–1939Carleton
Head coaching record
Overall34–46–8 (football)
155–106 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 SDIC (1946)

Basketball
3 WVIAC Tournament (1952, 1957, 1960)
1 WVIAC regular season (1961)

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 ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1939–1942)
1939 Macalester 4–1–32–1–33rd
1940 Macalester 5–1–14–1–13rd
1941 Macalester 5–34–22nd
1942 Macalester 4–42–3T–6th
Macalester: 18–9–412–7–3
Black Hills Yellow Jackets (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1947)
1946 Black Hills 5–23–01st
1947 Black Hills 3–4–21–1–13rd
Black Hills: 8–6–24–1–1
Beloit Buccaneers (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1948–1949)
1948 Beloit 0–7–10–5–19th
1949 Beloit 2–61–5T–7th
Beloit: 2–13–11–10–1
Augustana (Illinois) Vikings (College Conference of Illinois) (1950)
1950 Augustana 2–61–46th
Augustana (IL): 2–61–4
West Liberty Hilltoppers (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1957–1958)
1957 West Liberty 2–6–12–3–17th
1958 West Liberty 2–62–610th
West Liberty: 4–12–14–9–1
Total:34–46–8
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. Augustana Yearbook 1951. Augustana (Illinois) College. 1951. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  2. "Hall of Fame Class of 1982". Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  3. "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 open access.
  4. "Hall of Fame Class of 1985". Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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