The Golden Eagles play home
games in the beautiful and spacious 8,095 seat Reed Green
Coliseum, named fittingly for
a man who for 44 years was a
player, coach and athletic director, served the cause of intercollegiate athletics at his alma mater
– Reed Green.
Green Coliseum is also the
home of Lady Golden Eagle basketball, and the facility is used
for other campus functions such
as graduation, concerts, and civic
events.
The History
The first game played in
Green Coliseum was December
6, 1965, when the Golden Eagles defeated
Southeastern Louisiana, 71-69. The building
was formally dedicated on December 11,
1965, during a game against Alabama.
The Golden Eagles have been tough in
their home arena, posting a 414-179 mark
since the 1965-66 season for a .698 winning
percentage. The longest home winning streak
is 23 games, beginning with an 82-73 win
over Mississippi on December 14, 1966, and
ending January 7, 1969, in a 90-69 loss to
West Florida.
The Golden Eagles’ first Metro Conference
game and victory was in Reed Green
Coliseum against Tulane, when Southern
Miss defeated the Green Wave 50-48 on
December 6, 1982. The program’s first
Conference USA game also was played
at Reed Green Coliseum, a 75-70 loss to
Cincinnati on Jan. 11, 1996. The first C-USA
win at the arena occurred against USF, when
the team won 59-51 on Feb. 24, 1996.
The Future
The Southern Miss Department
of Athletics unveiled a new vision
a little more than four years ago.
It’s a vision unlike any other that
When the grand-scale expansion and
improvements plan was laid out in April 2003
by Director of Athletics, Richard Giannini,
Southern Miss began to take its first steps in
becoming one of the most competitive overall
programs in the nation. The comprehensive
facilities initiative seeks marked improvements
in every sporting venue including Reed Green
Coliseum.
Green Coliseum recently underwent an
internal change, with the upgrade of the heat-
