![]() ![]() UTSA, North Texas, Rice, Charlotte, FAU and UAB were approved for membership by the American Athletic Conference last week. Southern Miss is the latest in a mass exodus from Conference USA. Bennett and I sat and talked through that early on in the process to make sure that wasn’t going to be a roadblock for us.” “We have planned for that,” McClain said. The exit fee for leaving Conference USA is two years of conference revenue distribution, McClain said. USM FOOTBALL: Third-string QB debuts with 300 yards passing but Southern Miss football rally at Rice falls short JAKE LANGE'S DEBUT: Jake Lange makes first QB start, Southern Miss falls to UTEP on homecoming ![]() It made a lot of sense for our student-athletes.” But it made a lot of sense geographically. “The thing here that I’ve been blown away with is that we couldn’t find that and I don’t say that lightly. “I’m always looking for a landmine or an issue that could create some real challenges for us,” McClain said. Southern Miss was a founding member of Conference USA in 1995. The Golden Eagles will leave Conference USA and will join their new conference in July of 2023. ![]() Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill announced the addition of Southern Miss during a press conference with the university president Rodney Bennett and director of athletics Jeremy McClain on Tuesday. HATTIESBURG - Conference realignment in college athletics has reached Mississippi. View Gallery: Southern Miss joins NCAA Sun Belt Conference. ![]()
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