Jay Hopson

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Jay Hopson
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Alcorn State
Conference	SWAC
Record	13–10
Biographical details
Born	(1968-10-13) October 13, 1968 Vicksburg, Mississippi
Alma mater	Ole Miss, Delta State
Playing career
1988–1991	Ole Miss
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996–2000 2001–2003 2004 2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012–	Tulane (GA) Delta State (DB) LSU (GA) Florida (GA) Marshall (DB) Southern Miss (DB) Ole Miss (DB/RC) Southern Miss (DC/DB) Southern Miss (DC/MLB) Michigan (LB) Memphis (DC/SAF) Alcorn State
Head coaching record
Overall	13–10

Jay Hopson (born October 13, 1968) is the current head football coach at Alcorn State University.^[1] Previously, he was an assistant coach at Tulane, Delta State, LSU, Florida, Marshall, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Michigan, and Memphis.^[2] Notably, Hopson is 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.^[1]

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.^[3]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2012–present)
2012	Alcorn State	4–7	4–5	5th (East)
2013	Alcorn State	9–3	7–2	T–2nd (East)
Alcorn State:		13–10	11–7
Total:		13–10

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Downey, Travis. Alcorn State hires white football coach Jay Hopson USA Today.com. 29 May 2012
↑ Memphis Bio Retrieved 29 May 2012
↑ Jay Hopson Returns To Ole Miss

External links

Alcorn State profile

Alcorn State Braves head football coaches

O. A. Ross (1922–1933)
W. Morton (1934–1935)
A. A. Abraham (1936)
L. Harris (1937)
A. A. Abraham (1938)
L. Harris (1939–1940)
A. A. Abraham (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Anderson (1945)
Reuben Alba (1946)
W. Felix Harris (1947)
Dwight Fisher (1948–1956)
W. Broadus (1947)
E. E. Simmons (1958–1959)
Franklin Purnell (1960–1963)
Marino Casem (1964–1985)
Theophilus Danzy (1986–1990)
Cardell Jones (1991–1997)
Johnny Thomas (1998–2007)
Ernest T. Jones (2008)
Earnest Collins, Jr. (2008–2010)
Melvin Spears (2011)
Jay Hopson (2012– )

v t e Current head football coaches of the Southwestern Athletic Conference

East Division	James Spady (Alabama A&M) Reggie Barlow (Alabama State) Jay Hopson (Alcorn State) Harold Jackson (Jackson State) Rick Comegy (Mississippi Valley State)

West Division	Monte Coleman (Arkansas–Pine Bluff) Broderick Fobbs (Grambling State) Heishma Northern (Prairie View A&M) Dawson Odums (Southern) Darrell Asberry (Texas Southern)

Persondata
Name	Hopson, Jay
Alternative names
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	October 13, 1968
Place of birth	Vicksburg, Mississippi
Date of death
Place of death

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