Brigham Young University is the farthest team from the west playing, and football is not going to be played north of West Virginia. Jay Hopson Was An Okay Hire Who Produced Okay Results Nicolas Lewis Conference USA , Southern Miss , Uncategorized September 8, 2020 September 8, 2020 3 Minutes Jay Hopson may have indeed been the first every white head coach at an HBCU, and he had some good success within the conference. He was hired as an assistant by Hamilton in the Canadian Football League in 2017, but the Tiger-Cats … SOURCE: Jay Hopson is out as head coach at Southern Miss. Southern Mississippi coach Jay Hopson wanted to hire Briles as offensive coordinator in February, but the school’s athletic director quashed the idea. Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson has resigned, sources told @Stadium.Hopson was 28-23 at USM, including’s Thursday’s opening loss to South Alabama. Instant reaction: good luck with that, Memphis. Southern Miss and coach Jay Hopson reached a mutual agreement on Monday, Sept. 7, and the fifth-year coach will step down. Hopson, 80, is retiring after … Jay Hopson has stepped down as head coach of Southern Miss football. The biggest coaching prospect around is former University of Southern Mississippi head football coach Jay Hopson who resigned yesterday. This qualifies as big enough news. Many people have been leaving comments on Facebook saying that they believe the Tigers should go after Hopson … Bruce Feldman is also reporting it. Story by Bryan Flynn. Wednesday morning, the friends and family of Dr. Briggs Hopson Jr. will join other well-wishers honoring him on his retirement. “I’m going to try and finish that up by the weekend or early next week,” Hopson said Wednesday evening. The news was first reported by Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.. From a release by Southern Miss:. The twitters are reporting that linebackers coach Jay Hopson is expected to get the defensive coordinator job at Memphis. Reports ran rampant all weekend about Hopson leaving and it was confirmed on Monday as USM sent out an official release: Southern Miss Director of Athletics, Jeremy McClain, announced today a transition in leadership for the Golden Eagle football program. That’s the plan. Photo courtesy USM Athletics As many of us have suspected, the 2020 college football season has been a strange one. HATTIESBURG, Miss. Dienhart: Michigan LB coach Jay Hopson has been tabbed to be Memphis defensive coordinator. Thursday, September 10, 2020. An absolute stunner: After just 60 minutes of football in the middle of a pandemic, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles have fired head coach Jay Hopson. Co-offensive coordinator Scotty Walden, who has been a head coach before, is expected to … – Southern Miss Director of Athletics, Jeremy McClain, announced today a transition in leadership for the Golden Eagle football … “I’m ready to get moving on that and get it done. Jay Hopson stepped down as the Southern Mississippi head coach on Monday, sources told Yahoo Sports. Jay Hopson.