Southern Miss football coach Jay Hopson has resigned after a season-opening loss to South Alabama, the school announced Monday.. Co-offensive coordinator Scotty Walden, who has been a head coach before, is expected to be announced as USM's interim head coach. He was hired as an assistant by Hamilton in the Canadian Football League in 2017, but the Tiger-Cats … The decision comes on the heels of Southern Miss' season-opening 32-21 loss to South Alabama on Thursday. – Southern Miss Director of Athletics, Jeremy McClain, announced today a transition in leadership for the Golden Eagle football … HATTIESBURG, Miss. Jay Hopson. Football coach and philosopher Bum Phillips said it best: “There’s two kinds of coaches, them that’s fired and them that’s gonna be fired.” Still, the timing of the Jay Hopson-Southern Miss breakup, announced on Labor Day, was shocking. Jay Hopson has resigned as the football coach of Southern Miss. Co-offensive coordinator Scotty Walden will take over as the interim head coach until a new head coach is hired. Hopson had a 28 … Resigned (Sept. 7): Hopson resigned after a season-opening loss to South Alabama. Four of them have been fired or resigned in the past year — Southern Miss’ Jay Hopson, Jackson State’s John Hendrick, Mississippi State’s Joe Moorhead and Ole Miss’ Matt Luke. University of Southern Mississippi head coach Jay Hopson resigned after his team lost the season opener to the University of South Alabama. The 51-year-old Hopson … SOURCE: Jay Hopson is out as head coach at Southern Miss. HATTIESBURG, Miss. Jay Hopson, Southern Miss. Technically, Hopson’s departure one game into the 2020 season will go down as a resignation. (AP) — Southern Mississippi coach Jay Hopson said Monday that he has stepped down and co-offensive coordinator Scotty Walden will take over as interim coach. The news was first reported by Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.. From a release by Southern Miss:. 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. Alcorn State coach Jay Hopson and Anderson Dye, head equipment manager, discuss where to place a filming lift for practice. Southern Mississippi coach Jay Hopson wanted to hire Briles as offensive coordinator in February, but the school’s athletic director quashed the idea. Josh Heupel (UCF HC. Jeremy Pruitt. ... Houston: Cornerbacks coach Jay Valai announced that he is … Will Hall (Tulane OC) Tennessee. Jay Hopson has resigned as the head coach of the Golden Eagles after the team's 32-21 loss to South Alabama on Thursday. Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson has resigned from his position just one game into the 2020 college football season, athletic director Jeremy McClain announced on … Hopson is trying … Scotty Walden was the interim coach for four games, and now Tim Billings is the coach for the remainder of the season.