University of Southern Mississippi Men's Basketball

Former Southern Miss student-athlete and 1988 graduate Jay Ladner is entering his sixth season as the head men's basketball coach of his alma mater. The Hatt...

Southern Miss head basketball coach Jay Ladner announced the addition of Bryce Garris to his staff for the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach and director of player personnel. Garris was added to the staff on July 23. "Grateful is an understatement — I am honored to join this staff at Southern Miss," Garris said. "I'm excited to pour everything I've got into helping our players and this program succeed." Garris makes his second stop in Hattiesburg after previously serving as a graduate assistant under Ladner during the 2019-20 season. Prior to coming back to Hattiesburg, Garris was coaching with Bab Elite AAU. Garris has also made stops at Kentucky Wesleyan, Georgetown College and Tallahassee Community College. While in Georgetown, Harris helped guide the Tigers to 33-4 mark and NAIA National Title during the 2018-19 season. He won a GMAC title at Kentucky Wesleyan while he was there from 2016-18. Garris, a native of Brandenburg, Ky., earned his bachelor's degree from WKU in 2019.

Eli Brown joined the Golden Eagle staff as a volunteer assistant ahead of the 2025-26 season. Brown recently graduated from West Florida after a three-year career with the Argos. The Paducah, Ky. native averaged 4.8 points per contest at West Florida and had 20 starts in 66 contests. Brown played his freshman season at Olney Central, where he averaged 8.1 points per game and shot 52 percent from deep.

Garland Wilson was named the Director of Basketball Operations for Jay Ladner's inaugural Golden Eagle staff in May 2019. As the Director of Operations, Wils...

George Brocato joined the Southern Miss staff as a volunteer assistant coach ahead of the 2025-26 season. Brocato comes to Hattiesburg after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at St. Cloud High School, where he helped them to the most wins in program history and a Sweet 16 appearance. Outside of basketball, Brocato has spent time as a personal trainer at several gyms. The St. Cloud, Fla. native began his collegiate career as a player at Fort Scott CC before transferring to Newman University. Brocato later received his degree at Central Florida.

Southern Miss head men's basketball coach announced the hiring of assistant coach Luke Adams on June 6, 2025. Adams joins the Southern Miss staff as an assis...

Michael Legre joined the staff as a graduate student manager before the 2025-26 season. Legre graduated from LSU in 2025 after serving in several capacities in Baton Rouge. After graduation, Legre joined Draft Dispatch as a basketball scout intern and evaluated NCAA basketball players. He also conducted in-depth film study and provided detailed scouting reports on players. While at LSU, Legre worked with NILSU, facilities, and event operations. With NILSU, he helped the staff with market research, personal branding, graphic design and game day activations.

Southern Miss head men's basketball coach Jay Ladner announced the hiring of assistant coach Noah Croak on June 6, 2025. Croak will join the Golden Eagle sta...

Jay Ladner added Scott Moses to his staff as an assistant coach in August 2025. Moses spent the last two seasons at Southwest Mississippi Community College, where he tutored current Golden Eagle Tylik Weeks. During the 2023-24 season, Moses helped the Bears to a 17-13 mark. Meanwhile, Weeks averaged 17.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game as a freshman. Southwest had the same record in Moses' second season, but Weeks averaged 21.0 points per game in 29 games as he became the all-time leading scorer at the school. Moses went to Summit from Pennsylvania where he was the head coach of the Scotland Campus Post Grad Team in Scotland, PA. The program consisted of six teams and over 60 student athletes ranging from 9th graders to Post Grads. While there, Moses's teams competed on a national level and placed 40 student athletes in college basketball programs including seven players who went on to Division I teams. Prior to Scotland, Moses got his first taste of college coaching as an assistant at Adelphi University, a Div. II school in the Northeast 10 Conference. Moses spent three seasons there and had several responsibilities. He helped lead Adelphi to a 54-31 record during his three years there. He also obtained his Master’s Degree there in 2021. Before Adelphi, Moses spent one season at Woodstock Academy as an assistant for the Gold Team. His team finished 35-5 and was ranked 3rd in the country following a trip to the National Prep School Championship Tournament. Moses was a coach

Southern Miss head men's basketball coach Jay Ladner announced the hiring of Win Case on June 6, 2025. Case, who will be the associate head coach, has been a...