Jay Hopson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jay Hopson

American football coach

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1968

Place of Birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States

Profession: American football player

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jay Hopson

  • James Walter Hopson (born October 13, 1968) is an American football coach and former college football player.
  • He is the head football coach at University of Southern Mississippi.
  • Previously, he was head coach at Alcorn State University and an assistant coach at Tulane, Delta State, LSU, Florida, Marshall, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Michigan, and Memphis.
  • Notably, Hopson was 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.Hopson played college football at the University of Mississippi.
  • He earned four letters as a defensive back at Ole Miss from 1988–91, playing free safety for one season before moving to strong safety for his final three years.
  • He was a four-time Academic All-SEC honor roll selection and was named to the Verizon District VI Academic All-America team as a senior in 1991.

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