| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Southern Miss |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 75–110 (.405) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 8, 1965 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 | 151–198 (.433) (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]
Ladner played college basketball at Southern Miss where he was part of the Golden Eagles' 1987 NIT Championship team. [2] [3]
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]
On February 6, 2024, Ladner suffered a heart attack and need defibrillators to restore his heart rhythm. He did not Coach for the remainder of the regular season and returned for the Sun Belt tourney. [7]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16–16 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2024–25 | Southern Miss | 10–21 | 5–13 | 12th | |||||
| Southern Miss: | 75–110 (.405) | 38–69 (.355) | |||||||
| Total: | 151–198 (.433) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||