Jay Ladner

American basketball coach (born 1965)

Jay LadnerCurrent position

Title| Head coach
Team| Southern Miss
Conference| Sun Belt
Record| 63–84 (.429)
Biographical details
Born|  (1965-12-08) December 8, 1965 (age 58)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1988| Southern Miss
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–2011| St. Stanislaus HS
2011–2012| Oak Grove HS
2012–2014| Jones County JC
2014–2019| Southeastern Louisiana
2019–present| Southern Miss
Head coaching record
Overall| 139–172 (.447) (college)
511–189 (.730) (high school)
45–13 (.776) (junior college)
Tournaments| 0–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Southland regular season (2018)
Sun Belt regular season (2023)
Awards
Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2023)

Jay Ladner (born December 8, 1965) is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team.[1]

## Playing career[edit]

Ladner played college basketball at Southern Miss where he was part of the Golden Eagles' 1987 NIT Championship team.[2][3]

## Coaching career[edit]

In 1992, Ladner began coaching in the high school ranks, first at St. Stanislaus HS, where he guided the team to 10 state tournament appearances from 1992–2011 before moving on to his high school alma mater Oak Grove HS. His overall high school coaching record was 511–189[2] Ladner would move into the junior college ranks as the head coach at Jones County Junior College where in 2014 he led the Bobcats to the NJCAA Division I National Championship, becoming the lowest seed to ever win the national championship.[4]

In 2014, Ladner was named the head coach at Southeastern Louisiana where he guided the team to a 76–88 record and a Southland Conference regular season title and the program's first NIT appearance in 2018. On April 18, 2019 Ladner was named the head men's basketball coach at his alma mater, Southern Miss, replacing Doc Sadler.[5][6]

## Head coaching record[edit]

### NJCAA[edit]

Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Jones County JC (MACJC) (2012–2014)
2012–13  | Jones County JC  | 17–8 | N/A |  |
2013–14  | Jones County JC  | 28–5 | N/A |  | NJCAA Division I Champion
Jones County JC: | 45–13 (.776) |  |
Total: | 45–13 (.776) |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

### NCAA DI[edit]

Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Southeastern Louisiana Lions (Southland Conference) (2014–2019)
2014–15 | Southeastern Louisiana | 9–23 | 6–12 | T–10th |
2015–16 | Southeastern Louisiana | 12–21 | 9–9 | 6th |
2016–17 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16–16 | 9–9 | 7th |
2017–18 | Southeastern Louisiana | 22–12 | 15–3 | T–1st | NIT First Round
2018–19 | Southeastern Louisiana | 17–16 | 12–6 | T–3rd |
Southeastern Louisiana: | 76–88 (.463) | 51–39 (.567) |
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Conference USA) (2019–2022)
2019–20 | Southern Miss | 9–22 | 5–13 | 13th |
2020–21 | Southern Miss | 8–17 | 4–13 | 7th (West) |
2021–22 | Southern Miss | 7–26 | 1–17 | 7th (West) |
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Sun Belt Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 | Southern Miss | 25–8 | 14–4 | 1st | NIT First Round
2023–24 | Southern Miss | 14–11 | 7–5 |  |
Southern Miss: | 63–84 (.429) | 31–53 (.369) |
Total: | 139–172 (.447) |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Jay Ladner - Men's Basketball Coach". Southern Miss.
2. ^ a b "Jay Ladner - Men's Basketball Coach". Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics.
3. ^ "Jay Ladner College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
4. ^ ""Year of the Cat!" - JCJC enjoys banner sports year". Jones County Junior College Athletics.
5. ^ "Jay Ladner Named Southern Miss Head Men's Basketball Coach". Southern Miss.
6. ^ By. "Southern Miss hires one of its own to take over basketball program". sunherald.

## External links[edit]

* Southeastern Louisiana profile

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Southeastern Louisiana Lions head basketball coaches

* Luther W. Marler (1947–1967)
* Bert Barnett (1967–1969)
* E. W. Foy (1969–1974)
* Ken Fortenberry (1974–1984)
* Newton Chelette (1984–1988)
* Leo McClure (1988–1989)
* No team (1989–1990)
* Don Wilson (1990–1992)
* Norm Picou (1992–1994)
* John Lyles (1994–1999)
* Billy Kennedy (1999–2005)
* Jim Yarbrough (2005–2014)
* Jay Ladner (2014–2019)
* David Kiefer (2019– )

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Southern Miss Golden Eagles head basketball coaches

* Ronald J. Slay (1912–1913)
* A. B. Dille (1913–1916)
* No team (1916–1918)
* Ronald J. Slay (1918–1920)
* B. B. O'Mara (1920–1921)
* O. V. Austin (1921–1923)
* No team (1923–1924)
* William Herschel Bobo (1924–1928)
* William B. Saunders (1928–1930)
* Allen Selby (1930–1932)
* Pooley Hubert (1932–1936)
* Reed Green (1936–1941)
* No team (1941–1945)
* Reed Green (1945–1946)
* J. D. Stonestreet (1946–1948)
* Jess Thompson (1948–1949)
* Lee Floyd (1949–1954)
* Charles Finley (1954–1957)
* Fred Lewis (1957–1962)
* Lee Floyd (1962–1971)
* Jeep Clark (1971–1976)
* M. K. Turk (1976–1996)
* James Green (1996–2004)
* Larry Eustachy (2004–2012)
* Donnie Tyndall (2012–2014)
* Doc Sadler (2014–2019)
* Jay Ladner (2019– )

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Men's basketball head coaches of the Sun Belt Conference

* Dustin Kerns (Appalachian State)
* Bryan Hodgson (Arkansas State)
* Benny Moss (Coastal Carolina)
* Charlie Henry (Georgia Southern)
* Jonas Hayes (Georgia State)
* Mark Byington (James Madison)
* Bob Marlin (Louisiana)
* Keith Richard (Louisiana–Monroe)
* Dan D'Antoni (Marshall)
* Jeff Jones (Old Dominion)
* Richie Riley (South Alabama)
* Jay Ladner (Southern Miss)
* Terrence Johnson (Texas State)
* Scott Cross (Troy)

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Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

* 1977: Rose
* 1978: van Breda Kolff
* 1979: Ellis
* 1980: Locke
* 1981: Bartow
* 1982: Bartow
* 1983: Barnett
* 1984: Barnett
* 1985: Bartow
* 1986: Haskins & Young
* 1987: Arnold
* 1988: Mullins
* 1989: Arrow
* 1990: Paschal
* 1991: Arrow
* 1992: Fletcher
* 1993: Floyd
* 1994: Kilcullen
* 1995: Kilcullen
* 1996: Sanderson
* 1997: Price
* 1998: Nutt
* 1999: Richard
* 2000: Weltlich
* 2001: Stiebing
* 2002: Felton
* 2003: Davis
* 2004: Shields
* 2005: Carroll
* 2006: Pelphrey
* 2007: Early
* 2008: Arrow
* 2009: Maestri
* 2010: Brady
* 2011: Jarvis
* 2012: Davis
* 2013: Davis
* 2014: Hunter
* 2015: Richard
* 2016: Beard
* 2017: Cross
* 2018: Marlin
* 2019: Ogden
* 2020: Walker
* 2021: Johnson
* 2022: Johnson
* 2023: Ladner

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