Ollie Olson

Ollie Olson
Playing career
Football
1931–1933	Northwestern
Position(s)	kicker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935	Boston University (freshman)
1936–1938	Carleton (assistant)
1939–1942	Macalester
1946–1947	Black Hills State
1948–1949	Beloit
1950	Augustana (IL)
1957–1958	West Liberty State
Basketball
1950–1951	Augustana (IL)
1951–1953	Regis
1953–1957	West Liberty State
1959–1964	West Liberty State
Track
1935–1936	Boston University
1936–1939	Carleton
Head coaching record
Overall	34–46–8 (football); 155–106 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 SDIC (1946); ; Basketball; 3 WVIAC Tournament (1952, 1957, 1960); 1 WVIAC regular season (1961)
Awards
	Second-team All-Big Ten (1931);

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
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 .
^ "Hall of Fame Class of 1985". Retrieved December 21, 2017.

External links

[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 .

[4] "Hall of Fame Class of 1985". Retrieved December 21, 2017.

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