Jay Hopson
Assistant Coach at Starkville High School since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 35
- First season
- 1992
- Teams
- 13
Career
15 stints
1990s
- 1992TulaneGraduate Assistant
- 1993Delta StateDefensive Backs
- 1994LSUGraduate Assistant
- 1995FloridaGraduate Assistant
- 1996–2000MarshallDefensive Backs
2000s
- 2001–2003Southern MissDefensive Backs
- 2004Ole MissDefensive BacksRecruiting Coordinator
- 2005–2007Southern MissDefensive Coordinator
- 2008–2009MichiganDefensive Assistant
2010s
- 2010–2011MemphisDefensive Coordinator
- 2012–2015Alcorn StateHead Coach
- 2016–2020Southern MissHead Coach
2020s
- 2021–2022Mississippi StateDefensive Analyst
- 2023–2024South AlabamaCornerbacks
- 2025–presentStarkville High SchoolAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
15 mentors, 16 protégés, 5 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
35
- 2024Major ApplewhiteCoached under · South Alabama
- 2023Kane WommackCoached under · South Alabama
- 2023Kane WommackCoached under · South Alabama
- 2022Zach ArnettCoached under · Mississippi State
- 2021–2022Mike LeachCoached under · Mississippi State
- 2020Matt KubikMentored · Southern Miss
- 2020Rick MinterMentored · Southern Miss
- 2020Tony PecoraroMentored · Southern Miss
- 2019Buster FaulknerMentored · Southern Miss
- 2019–2020Ryan StanchekMentored · Southern Miss
- 2018Les KoenningMentored · Southern Miss
- 2018–2020Reed StringerMentored · Southern Miss
- 2017–2020Akeem DavisMentored · Southern Miss
- 2017–2020Scotty WaldenMentored · Southern Miss
- 2016–2019Derek NicholsonMentored · Southern Miss
20 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
18
- 2023Dwike WilsonSucceeded · South Alabama
- 2021Jamar ChaneySucceeded · Mississippi State
- 2021Will HallSucceeded by · Southern Miss
- 2020Scotty WaldenSucceeded by · Southern Miss
- 2020Tim BillingsSucceeded by · Southern Miss
- 2016Todd MonkenSucceeded · Southern Miss
- 2012Barry OdomSucceeded by · Memphis
- 2010Kenny IngramSucceeded · Memphis
- 2008Todd BradfordSucceeded by · Southern Miss
- 2005Tony HughesSucceeded by · Ole Miss
- 2005Tyrone NixSucceeded · Southern Miss
- 2001Lou AnarumoSucceeded by · Marshall
- 2001Tyrone NixSucceeded · Southern Miss
- 1996Brad LambertSucceeded · Marshall
- 1995Bo DavisSucceeded by · LSU
3 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
35 seasons
- Southern MissHead coach · 2016–20205
- MarshallPosition coach · 1996–20005
- Alcorn StateHead coach · 2012–20154
- Southern MissCoordinator · 2005–20073
- Southern MissPosition coach · 2001–20033
- Starkville High SchoolPosition coach · 2025–2026 · current2
- South AlabamaPosition coach · 2023–20242
- Mississippi StateAnalyst · 2021–20222
- MemphisCoordinator · 2010–20112
- MichiganAnalyst · 2008–20092
- Ole MissPosition coach · 20041
- FloridaAnalyst · 19951
- LSUAnalyst · 19941
- Delta StatePosition coach · 19931
- TulaneAnalyst · 19921
Pipeline
5 of 11 coordinators
- 4 seasonsReed Stringerunder at Southern Miss 2018 · head coach at Southern Miss2024
- 9 seasonsMickey Josephunder at Alcorn State 2013 · head coach at Nebraska2022
- 0 seasonsScotty Waldenunder at Southern Miss 2017 · head coach at Austin Peay2020
- 0 seasonsTim Billingsunder at Southern Miss 2016 · head coach at Southern Miss2020
- 1 seasonWillie Simmonsunder at Alcorn State 2012 · head coach at Prairie View A&M2015
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Jay Hopson. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.