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Current position | |
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Title | Cornerbacks coach |
Team | South Alabama[1] |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Biographical details | |
Born | Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. | October 13, 1968
Alma mater | Ole Miss Delta State |
Playing career | |
1988–1991 | Ole Miss |
Position(s) | Safety |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1992 | Tulane (GA) |
1993 | Delta State (DB) |
1994 | LSU (GA) |
1995 | Florida (GA) |
1996–2000 | Marshall (DB) |
2001–2003 | Southern Miss (DB) |
2004 | Ole Miss (DB/RC) |
2005 | Southern Miss (DC/DB) |
2006–2007 | Southern Miss (DC/MLB) |
2008–2009 | Michigan (LB) |
2010–2011 | Memphis (DC/S) |
2012–2015 | Alcorn State |
2016–2020 | Southern Miss |
2021–2022 | Mississippi State (DA/DHSR) |
2023–present | South Alabama (CB) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 60–40 |
James Walter Hopson (born October 13, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. In 2016, Hopson made history as the only head coach in the history of the state of Mississippi to guide two different in-state universities to bowl games when he led the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles to a victory in the New Orleans Bowl. During his head-coaching tenure with the University of Southern Mississippi (2016–2020), Hopson ushered the Golden Eagles to four straight bowl-eligible seasons, with his defenses and offenses ranking in the top-5 and top-25 in the NCAA, respectively. Additionally, in his four full seasons from 2016 to 2019, Hopson guided the University of Southern Mississippi to 20 conference wins, which made him the second-winningest coach in Conference-USA during that span.
Prior to his time at Southern Miss, Hopson shook the landscape of collegiate football on May 28, 2012, when he was named the head coach at Alcorn State University, becoming the first white head football coach in the history of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, an organization made up entirely of historically black colleges and universities. Previously, Hopson served as an assistant coach at Tulane, Delta State, LSU, Florida, Marshall, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Michigan, and Memphis. In total, Hopson has won or appeared in 16 bowl games across his 31-year coaching career and holds a head-coaching record of 60–40 (.600).
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