Southern Miss fires head coach Will Hall after 14-30 record

Southern Miss has fired coach Will Corridor, ending his tenure at 14-30 over 4 seasons, it was introduced Sunday.

Corridor had a 14-30 file in his 4 seasons as coach of the Golden Eagles, who’re 1-6 this season after Saturday’s 44-28 loss to Arkansas State. He will probably be owed almost $860,000, per his contract.

He went 7-6 in his second season there, together with a win within the LendingTree Bowl, however he is gone 4-15 since, prompting the administration to make a change.

“We’re grateful to Will and his household for his or her dedication to Southern Miss over the previous 4 years,” athletic director Jeremy McClain mentioned in a press release. “Will poured his coronary heart and soul into this program and into shaping these younger males. Sadly, the outcomes on the sphere did not align with our shared targets and expectations.”

Assistant head coach Reed Stringer will take over as interim head coach. The Golden Eagles play at James Madison subsequent week.

Corridor acquired excessive marks for constructing the tradition and recruiting the realm, however he simply could not proceed the trajectory he’d set throughout his second season.

Southern Miss officers consider the job will draw a powerful candidate pool, because it has an excellent custom and championship ambitions. It sits in one of many nation’s most fertile recruiting areas and has a powerful fan base.

“Our speedy focus is twofold: first, supporting our student-athletes all through the rest of the season, and second, conducting a complete nationwide search to establish the subsequent chief for Southern Miss soccer,” McClain mentioned. “This can be a proud program with an impressive historical past and a premier job in faculty soccer. We’ll discover the subsequent chief to usher us into a brand new period of championship success.”

The subsequent full-time coach would be the program’s fifth since 2012.