A popular discussion in the South has been the change of football coaches at the University of Southern Mississippi. Todd Monken had taken USM from the dregs of 0-12 to a nine-win season in 2015. Then, he left for the NFL.
Seeming to be undaunted, Athletic Director Bill McGillis already had USM’s next head football coach in his sights and in the course of just one week, he hired Jay Hopson, a former USM assistant.
But wait! How could he be so sure?
When Hopson left Southern Miss for Alcorn State of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, he immediately doubled the Braves two wins from the year before.