Jay Ladner (born December 8, 1965)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Current conference: Sun Belt Conference
Southeastern Louisiana record: 76-88 (.463)
Southern Miss record: 49-73 (.402)
Overall record^: 125-161 (.437)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  2  (2018, 2023)
• Sun Belt Regular Season Champion:  1  (2023)
• Southland Regular Season Champion:  1  (2018)
• Sun Belt Tournament Champion:  0
• NJCAA National Championships:  1  (2014)

Awards:

• Sun Belt Coach of the Year:  1  (2023)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2019-present	Southern Miss
2014-2019	Southeastern Louisiana
2012-2014	Jones County JC

Jay Ladner Facts

• Jay Ladner
• Born December 8, 1965
• Hometown: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Alma Mater: University of Southern Mississippi (BS, 1988 & M.Ed, 1999)
• Played four years at Southern Miss under head coach M. K. Turk; participated in the 1987 NIT
• Started his coaching career in 1992, serving as the head coach at St. Stanislaus College Prep (MS) for 19 seasons
  • Led the Rockachaws to ten MHSAA state tournaments; were 4A state runner-up finish in 2010 and state champs in 2011
  • Compiled a career HS coaching record of 511-189 (.730)
• Returned to Hattiesburg in 2011, spending one year as head coach at his alma mater Oak Grove HS
• Moved on to the JUCO level in 2012, spending two years coaching at Jones County JC in Ellisville, MS
  • In his second season there, Ladner’s squad went 28-5 and won the NJCAA National Championship title; became the lowest-seeded school and the first ever JUCO from MS to do so
• Hired as the head coach of the Division I Southeastern Louisiana Lions in 2014
  • Won a share of the Southland regular season title in 2018, earning a trip to the NIT
• In April 2019, Ladner was hired to be the head coach at alma mater Southern Miss; is 49-73 through four seasons at the helm
  • In 2022-23, their first year in the Sun Belt, Ladner led the Eagles to 25+ wins and an outright league title; he was named Sun Belt COY
• Along with his wife, Jennifer, has one daughter and one son

Jay Ladner Coaching Tree

• David Kiefer (Southeastern Louisiana)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only