Bio

Ladner, who just completed his rst year as head coach at Southern Miss, led Jones to the 2014 NJCAA Division I national championship – the rst national title for a junior college men’s basketball team from Mississippi.

Ladner spent the 2012-14 seasons as head coach at Jones College. The Bobcats were 17-8 in his rst season, nishing second in the MACJC's South Division. In 2013-14, the Bobcats set a school record for wins at 28-5 and became the lowest- seeded school to win an NJCAA basketball title in any division, as well as the rst school in tournament history to win ve games in ve days for the title.

Jones stunned No. 1 seed Indian Hills Community
College (Iowa), 87-77, in the championship game on
March 22. JCJC entered the tournament as the No. 11 seed. After leaving Jones, Ladner went to Southeastern Louisiana University, leading the Lions to the 2017-18 Southland Conference regular season crown. He served as head coach at SLU for ve seasons.

Ladner was a member of the 1987 Southern Miss team that won the NIT. The Hattiesburg native, who graduated from Oak Grove High School, received his bachelor's degree in pre-medicine/ biology, with a minor in chemistry, from Southern Miss in 1988. He received his master's degree in educational administration from Southern Miss in 1999.

Ladner served as head coach at St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis from 1991-2011, leading the Rockachaws to the 2011 MHSAA 4A state championship and a runner-up nish in 2010. He guided St. Stanislaus to ten state tournament appearances and served as the head coach of the Mississippi team in the 2010 Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game, leading Mississippi to a 114-88 victory.

He was named the Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) Coach of the Year in 2011. He was the Biloxi Sun-Herald “South Mississippi Coach of the Year” three times and was Division Coach of the Year numerous times.

Ladner and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Chelsea and Luke.