MOBILE, Ala. – With a résumé that includes three national championships as both a student-athlete and coach and a career .750 winning percentage, Steve Campbell was named head football coach at the University of South Alabama on Thursday. The announcement was made by Jaguar Director of Athletics Dr. Joel Erdmann.
Campbell — who replaces the only head coach in the program's 10-year history, Joey Jones — will be formally introduced at a 1 p.m. (CST) press conference on Friday, which will be held in the team room at the football field house on the South Alabama campus. The event will be open to the general public, and will also be available on the web via JagNationTV.