University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Men's Basketball

Kyle Roane
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
The Southern Miss men’s basketball program added
another familiar face as alum and former assistant
coach Kyle Roane was hired as the Director of Basketball
Operations in Aug. 2016. He served the previous two years
on the Southeastern Louisiana bench as an assistant.
“I am excited about the opportunity to join Coach
Sadler’s staff,” Roane said. “Southern Miss and the people
that make up Hattiesburg and the university community
are special. Coach Sadler has instilled major excitement
in the basketball program, and I look forward to serving as
the Director of Basketball Operations as we move in a very
positive direction.”
The news came on the heels of Southern Miss alumni
Clarence Weatherspoon and Chris Croft being named
assistant coaches on Aug. 23.
“I’m so excited to bring another Southern Miss coach
back to his alma mater,” head coach Doc Sadler said. “He
is the finishing piece to the puzzle in getting us going in
the right direction.”
Roane went to Hammond, La., to work for the Lions
following three seasons as the head boys basketball coach
at Petal (Miss.) High School. Prior to that he spent one
season as the head coach at his alma mater, Forrest County
Agricultural High School, leading it to the first round of the
south state tournament.
Before returning to Forrest County Agricultural, Roane
was at Jacksonville State University, where the Mississippi
native teamed up once again with head coach James Green
after the pair enjoyed tremendous success in a seven-year
stint together at Southern Miss. Roane came to Jacksonville
State after serving the previous two seasons as the head
coach at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Miss.
Roane was the first person named to Green’s staff at JSU
after he was named the school’s head coach in the spring
of 2008, bringing over 16 years of coaching experience at
almost every level to the Gamecocks program.
A native of Brooklyn, Miss., and a 1995 graduate
of Southern Miss with a degree in coaching and sports
administration, Roane got his coaching career started early,
when he was named an assistant at Pearl River Community
College in Poplarville, Miss. He would spend the first four
years of his career at PRCC, helping the Wildcats to the
1995 Mississippi state title along the way.
In 1996, he joined Green as a member of his first staff
at Southern Miss, where he served as an assistant for four
seasons before being promoted to the Eagles’ Associate
Head Coach in 2000, a position he would hold for three
years.
While in Hattiesburg, Roane helped guide the Golden
Eagles to a pair of 22-win seasons, the first of which
came in 1997-98, when they posted a 22-11 record and
advanced to the NIT to face Auburn.
Roane’s transition into the Associate Head Coach’s role
was a successful one, as the Eagles posted a 22-9 record
and won Conference USA’s regular season title in his first
season in the new role. Southern Miss went 11-5 in league
play, earning their second NIT berth in four seasons, this
time taking on Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.
After his tenure at his collegiate alma mater Southern
Miss, Roane took the reigns at his high school alma mater,
Forrest County Agricultural High School in his hometown of
Brooklyn. He spent two seasons as the Aggies’ head coach,
taking them to back-to-back postseason appearances before
going back to where his coaching career began at Pearl
River CC.
In his second stint with the Wildcats, Roane helped
them to the South State Championship and a runner-up
finish in Regional XXIII. He then moved on to Jones County
Junior College, where he was named the school’s head
coach in 2006, the beginning of a two-year stay.
Roane is married to the former Brooke Dykes. The
couple has two children, Spencer and Shelby.
another familiar face as alum and former assistant
coach Kyle Roane was hired as the Director of Basketball
Operations in Aug. 2016. He served the previous two years
on the Southeastern Louisiana bench as an assistant.
“I am excited about the opportunity to join Coach
Sadler’s staff,” Roane said. “Southern Miss and the people
that make up Hattiesburg and the university community
are special. Coach Sadler has instilled major excitement
in the basketball program, and I look forward to serving as
the Director of Basketball Operations as we move in a very
positive direction.”
The news came on the heels of Southern Miss alumni
Clarence Weatherspoon and Chris Croft being named
assistant coaches on Aug. 23.
“I’m so excited to bring another Southern Miss coach
back to his alma mater,” head coach Doc Sadler said. “He
is the finishing piece to the puzzle in getting us going in
the right direction.”
Roane went to Hammond, La., to work for the Lions
following three seasons as the head boys basketball coach
at Petal (Miss.) High School. Prior to that he spent one
season as the head coach at his alma mater, Forrest County
Agricultural High School, leading it to the first round of the
south state tournament.
Before returning to Forrest County Agricultural, Roane
was at Jacksonville State University, where the Mississippi
native teamed up once again with head coach James Green
after the pair enjoyed tremendous success in a seven-year
stint together at Southern Miss. Roane came to Jacksonville
State after serving the previous two seasons as the head
coach at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Miss.
Roane was the first person named to Green’s staff at JSU
after he was named the school’s head coach in the spring
of 2008, bringing over 16 years of coaching experience at
almost every level to the Gamecocks program.
A native of Brooklyn, Miss., and a 1995 graduate
of Southern Miss with a degree in coaching and sports
administration, Roane got his coaching career started early,
when he was named an assistant at Pearl River Community
College in Poplarville, Miss. He would spend the first four
years of his career at PRCC, helping the Wildcats to the
1995 Mississippi state title along the way.
In 1996, he joined Green as a member of his first staff
at Southern Miss, where he served as an assistant for four
seasons before being promoted to the Eagles’ Associate
Head Coach in 2000, a position he would hold for three
years.
While in Hattiesburg, Roane helped guide the Golden
Eagles to a pair of 22-win seasons, the first of which
came in 1997-98, when they posted a 22-11 record and
advanced to the NIT to face Auburn.
Roane’s transition into the Associate Head Coach’s role
was a successful one, as the Eagles posted a 22-9 record
and won Conference USA’s regular season title in his first
season in the new role. Southern Miss went 11-5 in league
play, earning their second NIT berth in four seasons, this
time taking on Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.
After his tenure at his collegiate alma mater Southern
Miss, Roane took the reigns at his high school alma mater,
Forrest County Agricultural High School in his hometown of
Brooklyn. He spent two seasons as the Aggies’ head coach,
taking them to back-to-back postseason appearances before
going back to where his coaching career began at Pearl
River CC.
In his second stint with the Wildcats, Roane helped
them to the South State Championship and a runner-up
finish in Regional XXIII. He then moved on to Jones County
Junior College, where he was named the school’s head
coach in 2006, the beginning of a two-year stay.
Roane is married to the former Brooke Dykes. The
couple has two children, Spencer and Shelby.