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Southern Miss alum Quez Watkins scores first NFL touchdown

From the Southern Miss Golden Eagles to Philadelphia Eagles, USM alum Quez Watkins is now the proud owner of his first ever NFL touchdown. During the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, the rookie speedster took a…

Will Hall cleans up on first-signing day at USM

Southern Miss head Football Coach Will Hall and his brand-new staff had exactly two weeks to put together their first national signing day class and what they did in those 14 days is nothing short of incredible. Flipping three-star Taylorsville…

WXXV Play of the Day: Ladner vs Ladner for Christmas

Today’s play of the day goes to the son of the coach, Southern Miss Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jay Ladner and his kin Luke Ladner. So today USM added a 2 p.m. home game on December 28th against Loyola out…

WR Tim Jones making presence felt in USM’s win over FAU

Between three head coaches in one season, a first-time starting quarterback, and playing the defending Conference USA champions, the Southern Miss football program had every excuse to lose Thursday’s regular season finale against Florida Atlantic. But the Golden Eagles didn’t…

Will Hall establishing presence at Southern Miss

It’s been exactly a week since Will Hall was officially named the 22nd Southern Miss head football coach, but he won’t actually coach his first game until next season. In the meantime, Tim Billings has one last dance as the…

Will Hall named 22nd Southern Miss head football coach

When Tulane capped off its first winning season since 2013 in Saturday’s win over Memphis, the Gatorade bath didn’t go to Head Coach Willie Fritz. Instead, the ice down went to Offensive Coordinator Will Hall, now Southern Miss Head Football…

Southern Miss announces Will Hall as football coach

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss Director of Athletics Jeremy McClain announced Wednesday the hiring of Will Hall as the school’s 22nd football coach. Hall, a native of Amory, Miss., heads to Southern Miss after serving the last two years as offensive…

Southern Miss men’s basketball season underway

Southern Miss men’s basketball home opener against William Carey is coming off a 66-51 loss at Jacksonville University in the team’s season debut. Certainly, a disappointing loss to start year two of the Jay Ladner era but growing pains were…

Southern Miss football coaching search comes to an end

As far as coaching carousels go, the Southern Miss football program has been along for the ride for much longer than most. Eighty-five days after Jay Hopson stepped down from his post as head man of the Golden Eagles, they…

Report: Bret Bielema top candidate at USM

The Southern Miss program is in the midst of its most challenging season since 2012 and it’s search for a new head coach has taken an interesting turn. As first reported by ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, former Arkansas and Wisconsin Head…

Southern Miss cancels game at UAB due to COVID-19 concerns

Southern Miss football has played its last game at UAB’s Legion Field. Due to precautionary reasons resulting from COVID-19 concerns within the Golden Eagles programs, Friday’s originally scheduled game has been canceled. The long-standing rivalry was supposed to be UAB’s…

USM basketball rolling with the punches

From Southern Miss winning the 1987 NIT championship to St. Stanislaus winning the 2011 4A state title to Jones College winning the 2014 NJCAA Tournament, USM Head Coach Jay Ladner has seen just about everything on a basketball court. Yet…

Southern Miss basketball mixing the new with the old

Almost a month after the Southern Miss men’s basketball team took the court for its first official practice of the new campaign, the Golden Eagles are still adjusting to their new look in 2020. Nine newcomers in Jay Ladner’s second…

USM holds 24 hour veterans memorial vigil

Cadets from the University of Southern Mississippi are holding a 24 hour vigil at the Veterans Memorial Wall in Hattiesburg. This event is held each year, 24 hours before the city holds its annual Veterans Day Program.…

Southern Miss football optimistic about playing Saturday

The Southern Miss football program is on track to take the field Saturday for the first time in three weeks. Interim Head Coach Scotty Walden is optimistic about his team’s chances of playing at Liberty after postponing last week’s game…

Saturday's Southern Miss game against UTEP has been postponed

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – This Saturday's Southern Miss football game at UTEP has been postponed after the Golden Eagle football team experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases in the program. The institutions, along with Conference USA, will work together to reschedule the…