Southern Mississippi

Official Name: 
University of Southern Mississippi
Nickname: 
Golden Eagles
Mailing Address: 

118 College Drive
Box 5161
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Website: 
www.southernmiss.com
Telephone: 
(601) 266-4503
Fax: 
(601) 266-4507
Enrollment: 
15,230
Arena: 

Reed Green Coliseum
Capacity: 8,095
Year Opened: 1965

School Colors: 
Black and Gold
Conference: 

Conference USA (since 1996)
Former Member of Metro (1983-95)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(1) 1961

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1990 and 1991
0-2 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

(8) 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, and 2001
6-7 record (.462)
Finished 1st in 1987

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1955
2-4 record (.333)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

M.K. Turk (20 years from 1977-96, 300-267 record, .529)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Nick Revon (2,135 points from 1951-54 when school was classified as a small college)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Clarence Weatherspoon (1,320 from 1989-92)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jerome Arnold (41 points as senior vs. Missouri-Kansas City on 12/13/78) and John White (41 as senior at Virginia Tech in double overtime on 2/6/88)

All-American Selections: 

(1) F Clarence Weatherspoon (1991)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jerome Arnold* (41 vs. Missouri-Kansas City)
December 13, 1978 (senior/18.2 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time southern Mississippi mark set by Berlin Ladner (45 vs. Samford on 2-21-68).

1

2

Total

Southern Mississippi

43

64

107

Missouri-Kansas City

51

49

100

Southern Mississippi

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Stinchcomb

0-1

0-0

0

Arnold

18-30

5-6

41

Smith

5-9

4-4

14

Robinson

1-4

0-4

2

Dannenbring

0-2

0-0

0

Childers

0-2

3-4

3

Fields

0-1

0-0

0

Hollon

1-6

2-4

4

Swilley

0-0

0-0

0

Lackey

6-10

0-1

12

Dawson

4-9

1-1

9

Logan

11-13

0-0

22

Totals

46-87

15-24

107

Percentages

.529

.625

Missouri-Kansas City

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Gayle

9-20

1-2

19

Jones

7-14

8-10

22

Hatfield

4-8

5-5

13

Martin

2-2

0-0

4

Coleman

9-13

0-1

18

Wayne

4-12

2-4

10

DeMaio

0-0

0-0

0

Trigg

7-10

0-2

14

Totals

42-79

16-24

100

Percentages

.532

.667
Box Score Notes: 

John White* (41 at Virginia Tech in 2OT)
February 6, 1988 (senior/15.9 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time southern Mississippi mark set by Berlin Ladner (45 vs. Samford on 2-21-68).

1

2

OT

2OT

Total

Southern Mississippi

62

48

12

11

133

Virginia Tech

48

62

12

19

141

Southern Mississippi

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

White

10-29

6-15

15-19

41

Hamilton

11-21

0-0

8-8

30

Keys

8-22

0-0

3-5

20

Pettus

3-3

0-0

0-0

7

Fisher

8-16

0-0

3-4

23

Brown

4-7

0-0

0-1

8

Hinton

2-3

0-0

0-1

4

Chancellor

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Smith

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

46-101

12-28

29-38

133

Percentages

.455

.429

.763

Virginia Tech

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Nottingham

2-7

2-4

3-4

9

Brink

3-4

0-0

0-0

6

Brow

2-3

0-0

1-2

5

Coles

16-30

1-2

18-27

51

Lancaster

13-29

5-17

8-8

39

Sanders

4-5

0-0

3-4

11

Anderson

6-9

2-4

0-1

14

Moses

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Cannon

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Caesar

2-3

0-0

0-0

4

Herbster

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Totals

49-92

10-27

33-46

141

Percentages

.533

.370

.717
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Ronald J. Slay

3

1913, 1919-20

6-7

.462

1919

5-5

A.B. Dillie

3

1914-16

29-14

.674

1915

12-2

B.B. O'Mara

1

1921

2-2

.500

1921

2-2

O.V. "Spout" Austin

2

1922-23

15-6

.714

1922

13-2

William "Herschel" Bobo

4

1925-28

31-17-1

.646

1926

8-1

William B. Saunders

2

1929-30

12-13

.480

1929

7-6

Allen Selby

2

1931-32

1-8

.111

1931

1-5

Allison T. "Pooley" Hubert

4

1933-36

21-30

.412

1936

7-5

Reed Green

6

1937-41, 1946

24-37

.393

1937

9-5

J.D. Stonestreet

2

1947-48

14-15

.483

1947

7-5

Jess Thompson

1

1949

6-10

.375

1949

6-10

Lee Floyd

14

1950-54, 63-71

246-147

.626

1952

29-8

Charles L. Finley

3

1955-57

39-42

.481

1956

16-12

Fred B. Lewis

5

1958-62

89-38

.701

1960

23-2

Eugene "Jeep" Clark

5

1972-76

41-85

.325

1974, 1975, and 1976

11-15

M.K. Turk

20

1977-96

300-267

.529

1981

20-7

James Green

8

1997-2004

123-111

.526

2001

22-9

Larry Eustachy

7

2005-11

117-104

.529

2011

22-10
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,119-953 (.540) from 1913 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Southern Mississippi permanently moved up to major-college status in 1973
  • Turk's record does not reflect a forfeit victory in 1993-94 awarded from Auburn
  • USM did not field a team from 1941-42 through 1944-45 during World War II. It also did not field teams in 1917, 1918 and 1924.