Southern Mississippi football coach Will Hall was let go on Sunday after starting his fourth season with a 1-6 record. Assistant head coach Reed Stringer has been named the interim coach for the remainder of the season.
Hall finished with a record of 14-30 after a 44-28 loss at home to Arkansas State. The Golden Eagles’ only victory this season came against Southeastern Louisiana, a team from the lower-tier Football Championship Subdivision.
“We are grateful to Will and his family for their dedication to Southern Miss over the past four years,” said Southern Miss athletic director Jeremy McClain. “Will poured his heart and soul into this program and into shaping these young men.
Unfortunately, the results on the field didn’t align with our shared goals and expectations.”
Hall has strong connections to the state. He grew up in Amory, the son of a longtime Mississippi high school coach, and was a two-time junior college All-America quarterback at Northwest Mississippi.
He later transferred to North Alabama, where he won the Harlon Hill Trophy as the best player in Division II. Before being hired by Southern Miss after the 2020 season, Hall served as the offensive coordinator at Tulane for two years.
The Golden Eagles improved from a 3-9 record in 2021 to 7-6, including a bowl win, the following season. However, they dropped to 3-9 last year, with one of those wins against an FCS team.
This led Hall to hire new offensive and defensive coordinators. Currently, the Eagles are last in the Sun Belt in scoring, averaging 18.3 points per game, and second to last in scoring defense, allowing 34.1 points per game.
Since last year, Southern Miss has lost nine out of eleven games in the Sun Belt Conference.
