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Southern Miss interim head coach tests positive for COVID-19

Days after Southern Miss postponed its scheduled game against UTEP due to an increase of COVID-19 cases on the team, the team continues to suffer from this latest outbreak with a major new case.

On Tuesday afternoon, the team announced that Interim Head Coach Scotty Walden had tested positive for COVID-19, and would be taking time off to quarantine.

“Earlier this morning I tested positive for COVID-19,” said Walden in an official statement. “I am fine and have mild to no symptoms. I am quarantining back home until it is safe to rejoin the team.