Oliver Wendell "Buddy" Pough III is an American former college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at South Carolina State University, a position he held from 2002 until his retirement in 2023. He led the South Carolina State Bulldogs football team to eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) titles, in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, and 2021.
Pough is a member of the MEAC Hall of Famehttps://meacsports.com/hof.aspx?hof=177 and the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame.https://www.scsuathletics.com/news/2025/4/17/general-pough-among-five-to-be-inducted-into-the-sc-football-hall-of-fame-thursday.aspx
Head coaching record
College
*conf champs in 2019 due to NCAA sanctions on Florida A&M
References
External links South Carolina State profile