Pete Thamel, ESPN
Southern Miss has fired coach Will Corridor, ending his tenure at 14-30 over 4 seasons, it was introduced Sunday.
Corridor had a 14-30 document in his 4 seasons as coach of the Golden Eagles, who’re 1-6 this season after Saturday’s 44-28 loss to Arkansas State. He will likely be owed almost $860,000, per his contract.
He went 7-6 in his second season there, together with a win within the LendingTree Bowl, however he is gone 4-15 since, prompting the administration to make a change.
“We’re grateful to Will and his household for his or her dedication to Southern Miss over the previous 4 years,” athletic director Jeremy McClain mentioned in a press release. “Will poured his coronary heart and soul into this program and into shaping these younger males. Sadly, the outcomes on the sector did not align with our shared targets and expectations.”
Assistant head coach Reed Stringer will take over as interim head coach. The Golden Eagles play at James Madison subsequent week.
Corridor received excessive marks for constructing the tradition and recruiting the realm, however he simply could not proceed the trajectory he’d set throughout his second season.
Southern Miss officers imagine the job will draw a robust candidate pool, because it has a great custom and championship ambitions. It sits in one of many nation’s most fertile recruiting areas and has a robust fan base.
“Our fast focus is twofold: first, supporting our student-athletes all through the rest of the season, and second, conducting a complete nationwide search to establish the following chief for Southern Miss soccer,” McClain mentioned. “This can be a proud program with an impressive historical past and a premier job in school soccer. We’ll discover the following chief to usher us into a brand new period of championship success.”
The subsequent full-time coach would be the program’s fifth since 2012.
