• MSMO Classic - Southern Miss Legend Coach P.W. Underwood

  • May 8 2023
  • Length: 9 mins
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MSMO Classic - Southern Miss Legend Coach P.W. Underwood

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  • This week we look back at the storied career of USM football coach, P. W. Underwood in this MSMO classic from March of 2016.

    After playing football for Southern Miss, P.W. Underwood returned to Hattiesburg as an assistant coach in 1963. In this episode, he remembers the team ranked number 1 in defense, three years out of four.

    When Underwood was named head football coach for Southern Miss six years later, he knew some changes needed to be made. At that time USM was known as The Generals and the mascot was a character named General Nathan after Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. That year Underwood signed Willie Heidelburg, the first black player for a major Mississippi school and felt it was time to find a new mascot and establish some new traditions. He recounts the programs and processes he put in place to accomplish those goals.

    After a humiliating loss to Ole’ Miss the year before, USM was given no chance of winning their 1970 rematch. Coach Underwood recalls how the Eagles were able to beat the odds.
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