Southern Miss fires head coach Will Hall after a 1-6 start

Southern Mississippi announced Sunday that it has fired head coach Will Hall after a terrible start to the season.

The Golden Eagles lost 44-28 at home to Arkansas State on Saturday, falling to 1-6 after their fifth straight loss. Southern Miss has lost all three Sun Belt games this season, with its closest game being a 23-13 loss to Louisiana.

“We are grateful to Will and his family for their commitment to Southern Miss over the past four years,” Southern Miss athletic director Jeremy McClain said in a statement. “Will has put his heart and soul into this program and the training of these young men. Unfortunately, the results on the field did not meet our shared goals and expectations.”

USM has not recorded a win against an FBS opponent this season. The team’s only win is a 35-10 win over Southeastern Louisiana.

Southern Miss was 14 to 30 years old when Hall was in school. He was hired before the 2021 season after being the offensive coordinator at Tulane in 2019 and 2020. Before coaching at Tulane, Hall was an assistant at Memphis and Louisiana and a head coach at West Georgia and West Alabama.

The Golden Eagles have struggled to keep up since moving to the Sun Belt in 2022. USM went 7-6 in 2022 and won the LendingTree Bowl in the conference’s first year. Since then, Hall’s team has been 4-15.

Hall took over after Southern Miss went 3-7 in 2020 under three different coaches. Jay Hopson resigned after the first game of the season and interim coach Scotty Walden resigned after four games. Tim Billings coached the final five games of the season for the school this season.