University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
2019 Football 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 | Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers | 266-5393 | derek.nicholson@usm.edu | ||
| Buster Faulkner | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks | 266-5393 | buster.faulkner@usm.edu | ||
| Chris Boone | Defensive Line | 266-5393 | christopher.boone@usm.edu | ||
| Scotty Walden | Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers | 266-5393 | scotty.walden@usm.edu | ||
| Chris Buckner | Running Backs | 266-5393 | christopher.buckner@usm.edu | ||
| Akeem Davis | Cornerbacks | 266-5393 | corinthian.davis@usm.edu | ||
| Ryan Stanchek | Offensive Line | 266-5393 | ryan.stanchek@usm.edu | ||
| Reed Stringer | Tight Ends | ||||
| Paul Gonnella | Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator | 266-5393 | paul.gonnella@usm.edu | ||
| Wes Turner | Director of Player Personnel / Operations | 266-4567 | wes.turner@usm.edu | ||
| Austin Sharp | Graduate Assistant | 266-5393 | austin.sharp@usm.edu | ||
| Brandon Butcher | Graduate Assistant | 266-5393 | brandon.butcher@usm.edu | ||
| Michael Gibbs | Graduate Assistant | 266-5393 | michael.gibbs@usm.edu | ||
| Carter Hankins | Graduate Assistant | carter.hankins@usm.edu | |||
| AJ Erdely | Offensive Quality Control | ||||
| Austin Grammer | Offensive Quality Control | ||||
| Darrell Cvitanovich | Offensive Quality Control | ||||
| Khalil Pope | Offensive Quality Control | ||||
| Gex Billups | Defensive Quality Control | ||||
| Max Crawford | Defensive Quality Control | ||||
| Joe Pappalardo | Special Teams Quality Control |
Support Staff
Image | Name | Title | Phone | Email Address | Alma Mater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Stewart | Assistant Athletic Director for Equipment Operations | 266-6550 | patrick.stewart@usm.edu | ||
| Reid McGee | Assistant Athletic Equipment Manager | cornelius.r.mcgee@usm.edu | |||
| Kendall McGee | Equipment Graduate Assistant | kendall.mcgee@usm.edu | |||
| Jim Durning | Head Strength and Conditioning Coach | 266-5017 | jim.durning@usm.edu | ||
| William Prince | Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach | 266-6243 | william.prince@usm.edu | ||
| Nick Cawthon | Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach | 266-5017 | n.cawthon@usm.edu | ||
| Todd McCall | Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine | 601-297-1416 | todd.mccall@usm.edu | ||
| Evan Dauterive | Assistant Director of Sports Medicine | 266-5830 | evan.dauterive@usm.edu | ||
| Raymond Reimann | Sports Medicine Graduate Assistant | raymond.reimann@usm.edu | |||
| Tait Carlisle | Sports Medicine Graduate Assistant | tait.carlisle@usm.edu | |||
| Aaron Walker | Executive Assistant to the Head Coach | 266-5393 | aaron.walker@usm.edu | ||
| Taylor Hart | Video Coordinator | keri.hart@usm.edu | |||
| Robert Johnson | Video Graduate Assistant | ||||
| Nikki Mattison | Administrative Assistant | 266-4567 | nicole.mattison@usm.edu | ||
| Reid Lewis | Director of Social Media |



































