Tulane’s Willie Fritz gives seal of approval for Will Hall at Southern Miss

Tonight, Tulane Head Football Coach Willie Fitz served as the guest speaker at the Gulfport Gridiron Club at the Great Southern Club in Downtown Gulfport.

Currently, no players from the six coastal counties appear on the Green Wave roster, but when it comes to six degrees of separation, it’s still not hard to find a local connection.

Paging Southern Miss Head Football Coach Will Hall, who was previously Tulane’s offensive coordinator for two seasons before taking the job at USM in December 2020.

Hall’s Mississippi ties run deep, starting with father and longtime Coach Bobby Hall, which gives Fritz reason to believe that success is right around the corner for his old friend. “Well, I enjoyed having him because he’d had head coaching experience, and like I said, when they called me up and they were interviewing him, he knows about every third person in the state of Mississippi, so he’s a natural fit there with his connections with his dad and playing here in the state. And Will is a good friend. I’m really excited for him and his family and he’s going to do a great job there at Southern Miss. He’s done a great job already.”

USM finished 3-9 in 2021, but ripped off two straight double-digit wins to end the year.