16 Facts About Jay Hopson

James Walter Hopson was born on October 13,1968 and is an American college football coach and former player.

Jay Hopson was most recently the cornerbacks coach for the University of South Alabama from 2023 to 2024.

Jay Hopson has been a head coach at Southern Miss and Alcorn State.

Jay Hopson has served as an assistant coach at Tulane, Delta State, LSU, Florida, Marshall, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Michigan, and Memphis.

Jay Hopson's coaching career began with a stint as a graduate assistant with Tulane in 1992.

Jay Hopson left Delta State in July 1994 to be a graduate assistant at LSU.

Jay Hopson succeeded Tyrone Nix, who was elevated to defensive coordinator to replace Dave Wommack.

In 2004, Jay Hopson returned to Ole Miss, his alma mater, to improve its defensive backfield.

Ole Miss fired head coach David Cutcliffe at the end of the season, and Jay Hopson returned to Southern Miss as defensive coordinator.

Jay Hopson departed Michigan after the 2009 season to become defensive coordinator at Memphis under new head coach Larry Porter.

Jay Hopson resigned from Memphis on September 14,2011, following consecutive blowout losses against Mississippi State and Arkansas State.

Alcorn State hired Jay Hopson to be its head football coach on May 28,2012.

Jay Hopson was the first white head football coach in the history of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, which is composed of historically black colleges and universities.

Jay Hopson returned to Southern Miss on January 30,2016, this time as its head coach.

Jay Hopson coached four full seasons with Southern Miss, resigning after the first game of the 2020 season.

Head coach Kane Wommack was a walk-on at Southern Miss in 2007 when Jay Hopson was defensive coordinator there, and Kane's father Dave was linebackers coach at the time.