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Hattiesburg American When athletics director announced Monday that the USM football program was making "a transition in leadership," he named as the football team's new interim head coach.Walden takes over for after four-plus seasons as the USM football head coach. with a 32-21 loss to South Alabama.Walden had been the co-offensive coordinator for Southern Miss this season along with the 2019 season. He's been at USM since 2017 as the receivers coach.Here is some basic info about Walden:Here are four things to know about Scotty Walden.&nbsp;Scotty Walden received a promotion to become Division III East Texas Baptist University head coach in January 2016 when the previous head coach, , left for a Division I job. Eargle is now the tight ends coach at Kansas.&nbsp;He became "the youngest head coach in all of NCAA football," .&nbsp;He spent three years as the ETBU offensive coordinator before taking the head coaching role.&nbsp;Walden spent one season as the ETBU head coach, and the team finished 2016 at 7-3 overall and 3-3 in the . ETBU led the country with 49.9 points per game and was second in total offense at 564.3 yards per game, according to .&nbsp;When Scotty Walden joined the football coaching staff at Division III East Texas Baptist University, he had posters for professional wrestling in his office.&nbsp;Those last three years, but he took them down when he became the head coach, .&nbsp;"Because I'm the head guy now, so I can't, I can't have 'em in the head coach's office," Walden said to WBUR.&nbsp;Scotty Walden was a quarterback on the Division III football team during the 2011 season., he played in all 10 games as&nbsp;the team went 2-8 overall.He went 155-for-295 passing with 11 interceptions and 14 passing touchdowns. He carried the ball 74 times that season for 169 yards and two rushing touchdowns.&nbsp;Walden then spent the 2012 season as the Sul Ross State offensive coordinator, and his team scored 48.8 points per game and averaged 581.9 yards per game.&nbsp;Walden started his college football career at in Sioux Center, Iowa. He played one season at Dordt in 2008, which was the program's first season, and he went 96-for-214 with 1,071 passing yards as a freshman quarterback in 2008.&nbsp;He played quarterback and defensive back at during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.&nbsp;Scotty Walden's dad is James Gaylord Walden, who played college .&nbsp;Houston lists Gaylord Walden as a member of the Cougars men's golf team in 1973. The 1973 Houston men's golf team finished second at the NCAA Championships, though Walden is not listed as one of the five Cougars to compete at the championships.&nbsp;Also a member of the 1973 Houston men's golf team was , who won the 1979 Master's Tournament and the 1984 U.S. Open.&nbsp;According to , he's been the Golf Pro at Athens Country Club in Athens, Texas, since 1995."I really believe it was in God’s plan that I came out here to East Texas to have a football job," of coaching at&nbsp;East Texas Baptist University. "'Cause my dad lives out here in East Texas. So he and I, our relationship has developed even further since I’ve been out here. Sometimes I’m just, like, 'Dude, you are insanely blessed and lucky to have a career that you know you want to do.'"Erik Hall is the lead digital producer for sports with the USA Today Network. You can find him on Twitter .&nbsp;

Hattiesburg American When athletics director announced Monday that the USM football program was making "a transition in leadership," he named as the football team's new interim head coach.Walden takes over for after four-plus seasons as the USM football head coach. with a 32-21 loss to South Alabama.Walden had been the co-offensive coordinator for Southern Miss this season along with the 2019 season. He's been at USM since 2017 as the receivers coach.Here is some basic info about Walden:Here are four things to know about Scotty Walden.&nbsp;Scotty Walden received a promotion to become...

Scotty Walden: 4 things to know about the Southern Miss football interim head coach

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