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Former USM student athlete Jay Ladner named the new Golden Eagles basketball coach

Just a week after basketball coach Doc Sadler announced his resignation as the Southern Miss basketball coach, a new coach was named.

Former Southern Miss student-athlete and 1988 graduate Jay Ladner was hired as the school's head basketball coach, the university announced in a news release Thursday.

Ladner was a member of the 1987 NIT championship team.