{"id":119061,"date":"2024-10-14T08:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=119061"},"modified":"2024-10-14T08:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:52:06","slug":"fbs-will-hall-hot-seat-candidates-southern-miss-football-head-coach-replacement-cpcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fbs-will-hall-hot-seat-candidates-southern-miss-football-head-coach-replacement-cpcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Hall Hot Seat: 5 Candidates For Southern Miss Football\u2019s Head Coach Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Enthusiasm surrounded Southern Miss when head coach Will Hall led the Golden Eagles to a bowl game in their first season in the Sun Belt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But things haven\u2019t gone as smoothly for Southern Miss since then. The Golden Eagles went 3-9 in 2023 and have begun this season 1-5 with their only victory being against FCS Southeastern Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s led many to wonder how much longer Hall will stick around before the program goes in another direction. If Hall isn\u2019t the head coach at Southern Miss in 2025, here are some coaches (in no particular order) who could replace him.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jacksonville Jaguars Running Backs Coach Jerry Mack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mack has experience as a head coach and a coordinator. He\u2019s recruited in the area and has familiarity with the Sun Belt, so he would be a good fit here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before going to the Jaguars, Mack was Tennessee\u2019s running backs coach from 2021-23. Last year, the Volunteers were 10th in the country with 204.8 rushing yards per game. Leading rusher Jaylen Wright was among the 45 running backs in the country to rush for at least 1,000 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, he was an associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach at Rice. He\u2019s also been a head coach at North Carolina Central, a wide receivers coach at South Alabama and Memphis, an OC and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, a passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Central Arkansas, and a wide receivers\/tight ends coach at Jackson State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a resume like his, Mack would deserve to be a head coaching candidate for the Golden Eagles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMU Offensive Coordinator Casey Woods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Woods is a successful coordinator at a current Power Four school who has coaching experience in the Sun Belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mustangs were eighth in the FBS in scored points per game (38.7) and 16th in yards per game (454.9) in 2023, their last year in the AAC. SMU, which is now ranked 21st in the AP Top 25 and is 5-1 as a member of the ACC, was 15th in the country with 40.8 points per game scored going into Week 8 of this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, Woods was a tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at Missouri. He\u2019s also been an assistant at UAB and Auburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woods coached wide receivers and was a recruiting coordinator at Arkansas State in 2012 when the Red Wolves went 10-3, earned a Sun Belt title, and won the GoDaddy.com Bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Woods were interested in a head coaching job, Southern Miss would be smart to consider him.<\/p>\n\n\n

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