Born: November 15, 1899
Died: June 11, 1988
Hometown: Meridian, MS
Year of Induction: 1981
College Career
Millsaps (1915-1918)
• Lettered in basketball and baseball (’17, ‘18)
Coaching Career
Seashore Campground School, Biloxi, MS (1919-1920, 1923-1925)
Wallace University School, Nashville, TN (1922)
Millsaps College (1925-1945)
• Freshman football and basketball coach; Varsity baseball coach (’25-’28)
• Athletic Director, Varsity basketball coach and assistant football coach (’28-’45)
• Won 4 Dixie Conference Championships, basketball
• Won 1 S.I.A.A. Championship, basketball
• Attended Law School while coaching
Pascagoula Country Club (1946-1948)
• Golf Pro
Southern Mississippi (1950-1969)
• Coach of golf team and chairman of Mathematics Department
• Golf teams won the Mississippi State Intercollegiate Championship (’63, ‘64, ’65)
Did You Know?
B.O. Van Hook shot three holes-in-one; one at the Mississippi Sanatorium at Magee on No. 7 hole, one at the Great Southern Course at Gulfport on No. 7 and one at the old USM course on No. 5.
