University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
2017 Football Coaching Staff
Coaching Staff
Image | Name | Title | Phone | Email Address | Alma Mater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Hopson | Head Coach | 266-4567 | |||
| Tim Billings | Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator / Safeties | 266-5393 | tim.billings@usm.edu | ||
| Derek Nicholson | Assistant Coach / Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers | 266-5393 | derek.nicholson@usm.edu | ||
| Chris Boone | Assistant Coach / Defensive Line | 266-5393 | christopher.boone@usm.edu | ||
| Scotty Walden | Assistant Coach / Inside Wide Receivers & Tight Ends | 266-5393 | scotty.walden@usm.edu | ||
| Paul Gonnella | Assistant Coach | 266-5393 | paul.gonnella@usm.edu | ||
| Wes Turner | Director of Player Personnel | 266-4567 | wes.turner@usm.edu | ||
| Aaron Walker | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 266-5393 | aaron.walker@usm.edu | ||
| Akeem Davis | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 266-5393 | corinthian.davis@usm.edu | ||
| Shannon Dawson | Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks | ||||
| Tony Pecoraro | Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers | ||||
| Dan Disch | Cornerbacks | ||||
| Desmond Lindsey | Outside Wide Receivers | 266-5393 | Desmond.lindsey@usm.edu | ||
| Lytrel Pollard | Running Backs | ||||
| Erik Losey | Offensive Line | ||||
| Scotty Walden | Inside Wide Receivers/Tight Ends |










