Jim Frazier
Frazier led MSSU to the NAIA National Football Title during the 1972 season and is the school's all-time winningest football coach. Frazier would then serve as the director of athletics, where under his tenure, the school won 23 conference championships and one NCAA Division II National Championship. Frazier helped in the development and improvement of several MSSU facilities including Young Gymnasium, Fred G. Hughes Stadium and the Leggett and Platt Athletic Center.

Frazier was inducted into the MSSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.