Jay Ladner
{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jay Ladner
| image =
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Southern Miss
| current_conference = Sun Belt
| current_record = {{winpct|76|111|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|8}}
| birth_place = Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1984–1988
| player_team1 = Southern Miss
| coach_years1 = 1992–2011
| coach_team1 = St. Stanislaus HS
| coach_years2 = 2011–2012
| coach_team2 = Oak Grove HS
| coach_years3 = 2012–2014
| coach_team3 = Jones County JC
| coach_years4 = 2014–2019
| coach_team4 = Southeastern Louisiana
| coach_years5 = 2019–present
| coach_team5 = Southern Miss
| overall_record = {{winpct|152|199|record=y}} (college)
{{winpct|511|189|record=y}} (high school)
{{winpct|45|13|record=y}} (junior college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–2 (NIT)
| championships = Southland regular season (2018)
Sun Belt regular season (2023)
| awards = Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2023)
| coaching_records =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://southernmiss.com/coaches.aspx?rc=456|title=Jay Ladner - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Southern Miss}}
Playing career
Ladner played college basketball at Southern Miss where he was part of the Golden Eagles' 1987 NIT Championship team.{{cite web|url=https://lionsports.net/coaches.aspx?path=mbball&rc=446|title=Jay Ladner - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jay-ladner-2.html|title=Jay Ladner College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}
Coaching career
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 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.{{cite web|url=https://jcjcathletics.com/news/2014/9/28/JCJC_enjoys_banner_sports_year.aspx?path=general|title="Year of the Cat!" - JCJC enjoys banner sports year|website=Jones County Junior College Athletics}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://southernmiss.com/news/2019/4/18/jay-ladner-named-southern-miss-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx|title=Jay Ladner Named Southern Miss Head Men's Basketball Coach|website=Southern Miss}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sunherald.com/sports/college/conference-usa/university-of-southern-mississippi/article229376714.html|title=Southern Miss hires one of its own to take over basketball program|last=By|website=sunherald}}
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.https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/sports/college/southern-miss/2024/03/15/southern-miss-basketball-jay-ladner-heart-attack-ventricular-fibrillation-chest-pain/72991735007/|title= Southern Miss basketball coach Jay Ladner details what happened day of his heart attack
Head coaching record
=NJCAA=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|conference =|postseason=|poll=both}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name =Jones County JC
| conference=MACJC
| startyear =2012
| endyear =2014
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season= 2012–13
| name= Jones County JC
| overall= 17–8
| conference= N/A
| confstanding=
| postseason=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship= national
| season= 2013–14
| name= Jones County JC
| overall= 28–5
| conference= N/A
| confstanding=
| postseason= NJCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Jones County JC
| overall = 45–13 ({{winpct|45|13}})
| confrecord =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 45–13 ({{winpct|45|13}})
| poll =
| polltype =
| polltype2 =
}}
=NCAA DI=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southeastern Louisiana Lions
| conference = Southland Conference
| startyear = 2014
| endyear = 2019
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Southeastern Louisiana
| overall = 9–23
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = T–10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Southeastern Louisiana
| overall = 12–21
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Southeastern Louisiana
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2017–18
| name = Southeastern Louisiana
| overall = 22–12
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Southeastern Louisiana
| overall = 17–16
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southeastern Louisiana
| overall = {{winpct|76|88|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|51|39|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Southern Miss Golden Eagles
|startyear=2019
|conference=Conference USA
|endyear=2022
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 9–22
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 13th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 8–17
| conference = 4–13
| confstanding = 7th (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 7–26
| conference = 1–17
| confstanding = 7th (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Southern Miss Golden Eagles
|startyear=2022
|conference=Sun Belt Conference
|endyear=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2022–23
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 25–8
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = 11–22
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southern Miss
| overall = {{winpct|76|111|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|38|69|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|152|199|record=y}}
}}
References
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External links
- [https://lionsports.net/coaches.aspx?rc=737&path=mbball Southeastern Louisiana profile]
- [https://southernmiss.com/staff-directory/jay-ladner/1491 Southern Miss Golden Eagles coaching profile]
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