| Southern Jaguars | |||||||||||||
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| Title | Interim Head Coach | ||||||||||||
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| Born | December 11, 1968 Mount Olive, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||
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| College | Alcorn State | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1990: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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Fred McNair (born December 11, 1968) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He is the interim head coach for Southern University. He is also the tight ends coach for Southern, a position he has held since 2024. [1] He was the head football coach at Alcorn State University from 2016 to 2023. McNair played professionally as quarterback with the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL), the London Monarchs in the World League of American Football (WLAF), and the Florida Bobcats, Carolina Cobras, and Buffalo Destroyers of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Alcorn State. [2] He is the brother of Steve McNair, a former Pro Bowl quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2016–2023) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Alcorn State | 5–6 | 5–4 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 2017 | Alcorn State | 7–5 | 5–2 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 2018 | Alcorn State | 9–4 | 6–1 | 1st (East) | L Celebration | ||||
| 2019 | Alcorn State | 9–4 | 6–1 | 1st (East) | L Celebration | ||||
| 2020 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Alcorn State | 6–5 | 5–3 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| 2022 | Alcorn State | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–3rd (West) | |||||
| 2023 | Alcorn State | 7–4 | 6–2 | T–1st (West) | |||||
| Alcorn State: | 48–33 | 37–17 | |||||||
| Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Southern | 0–0 | 0–0 | (West) | |||||
| Southern: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 48–33 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Collins Tigers ()(2011) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Collins | 7–6 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Collins: | 7–6 | 4–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–6 | ||||||||