# List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles head football coaches

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles college football team represents the University of Southern Mississippi in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The Golden Eagles competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 23 head coaches, and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1912 season. Since December 2024, Charles Huff has served as head coach at Southern Miss.
The Golden Eagles have played more than 1,100 games over 113 seasons. In that time, nine coaches have led Southern Miss in postseason bowl games: Reed Green, Thad Vann, Bobby Collins, Curley Hallman, Jeff Bower, Larry Fedora, Todd Monken, Jay Hopson, and Will Hall. Four of those coaches also won conference championships: Green captured one and Vann two as a member of the Gulf States Conference; and Bower captured four and Fedora one as a member of Conference USA.
Vann is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 139 victories during his 20 years with the program. Green has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .735. Ellis Johnson and Reed Stringer have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000. Of the 23 different head coaches who have led the Golden Eagles, Vann has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

## Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

## Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Ronald J. Slay | 1912 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Blondie Williams | 1913 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.214 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | A. B. Dille | 1914–1916 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0.382 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Cephus Anderson | 1919 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | B. B. O'Mara | 1920 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | O. V. Austin | 1921–1923 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0.381 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | William Herschel Bobo | 1924–1927 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0.367 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | William B. Saunders | 1928–1929 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0.361 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | John Lumpkin | 1930 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.389 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | Pooley Hubert | 1931–1936 | 55 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 0.509 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 0.527 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Reed Green | 1937–1942 1946–1948 | 73 | 59 | 20 | 4 | 0.735 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0.850 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Thad Vann$^†$ | 1949–1968 | 200 | 139 | 59 | 2 | 0.700 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.818 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 2 – 1958, 1962 | — |
| 13 | P. W. Underwood | 1969–1974 | 65 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 0.492 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 14 | Bobby Collins | 1975–1981 | 80 | 48 | 30 | 2 | 0.613 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 15 | Jim Carmody | 1982–1987 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 0 | 0.561 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 16 | Curley Hallman | 1988–1990 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0.639 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 17 | Jeff Bower | 1990–2007 | 203 | 119 | 83 | 1 | 0.589 | 63 | 24 | — | 0.724 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Larry Fedora | 2008–2011 | 53 | 34 | 19 | — | 0.642 | 20 | 12 | — | 0.625 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Ellis Johnson | 2012 | 12 | 0 | 12 | — | .000 | 0 | 8 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Todd Monken | 2013–2015 | 38 | 13 | 25 | — | 0.342 | 9 | 15 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Jay Hopson | 2016–2020 | 51 | 28 | 23 | — | 0.549 | 20 | 12 | — | 0.625 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Scotty Walden | 2020 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 0.250 | 1 | 1 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Tim Billings | 2020 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 0.400 | 1 | 3 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Will Hall | 2021–2024 | 44 | 14 | 30 | — | 0.318 | 8 | 19 | — | 0.296 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int. | Reed Stringer | 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 | — | .000 | 0 | 5 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Charles Huff | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |