"The Yurt" | |
Location | 112 Coliseum Drive Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States |
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Coordinates | 31°19′51″N89°20′16″W / 31.33083°N 89.33778°W |
Owner | University of Southern Mississippi |
Operator | University of Southern Mississippi |
Capacity | 8,095 |
Opened | December 6, 1965 |
Tenants | |
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (NCAA) (1965–present) |
Reed Green Coliseum is an 8,095-seat multi-purpose arena in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. [1] Affectionately referred to by fans and local sportswriters as "The Yurt", it opened on December 6, 1965, and is home to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) men's basketball team, women's basketball team and women's volleyball team. [2] Prior to the Coliseum, USM's teams played at the USM Sports Arena, a 3,200-seat arena opened in 1949.
It is the Hattiesburg area's premier sports and entertainment venue. It is named for Reed Green, who attended the university and went on to serve as its coach and athletics director. Subsequent renovations over the years, which brought larger dressing rooms, officials' areas and a meeting room, for members of the Eagles Club, have kept Green Coliseum one of the area's main events venues with more renovations to follow. [3]
It is also used for graduation ceremonies, civic events and concerts. As a concert venue, the Coliseum can seat nearly 9,100.
The arena played host to Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour on May 1, 1976.
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The Southern Miss Lady Eagles women's basketball team represents the University of Southern Mississippi in women's basketball. The school competes in the Sun Belt Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Lady Eagles play home basketball games at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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The 2020–21 Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by seventeenth-year head coach Joye Lee-McNelis, and played their home games at the Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as a member of Conference USA.