Taylor Curet
Sports Director
Moselle, MS
After spending two years in Hattiesburg as a sports reporter at WDAM 7, Taylor Curet was promoted to Sports Director in August 2018.
Taylor was born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, just outside Jacksonville.
He spent four years covering the Fighting Tigers with LSU’s student-run station, Tiger TV and graduated from Louisiana State University in May 2016 with a degree in mass communication.
When he’s not covering sports you can find Taylor on a basketball court, at the movies or flipping through a stack of albums at your nearest record store.
He’s also happy that Hattiesburg isn’t too far from some good Cajun cooking!
Please, feel free to email Taylor if you have a story to be told or just to say hello at tcuret@wdam.com.
Southern Miss requests approval from the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning to increase its budget from $15,000,000 to $43,170,506.50 in order to complete the improvements planned for the school’s basketball facility.
The Southern Miss skipper of the last 14 seasons, coach Scott Berry looks back on his days with Golden Eagle baseball, which included nine years as Corky Palmer’s assistant.
A decade before Scott Berry became an assistant coach at Southern Miss, he made a trip to Pete Taylor Park as a volunteer assistant at Southwest Missouri State.
The Golden Eagle faithful have joined forces to raise money for Corky Palmer to go toward medical expenses.Maddox, Pierce, Tyler Conn, Ted Palmer and Luke Johnson started a GoFundMe page – an online fundraising platform.
Every warrior has his weapon of choice before going into battle.For the Golden Eagles it’s a yellow pipe, tube, noodle?
Nineteen straight seasons of 30 or more wins does not happen by accident.It’s the same ole Golden Eagles at Pete Taylor Park – sort of.
Southern Miss baseball coach Scott Berry could’ve told you his pitching staff would be the team’s strength in 2021 even before the Golden Eagles took Hill Denson Field for their first practice on Friday.USM boasts 20 pitchers on its staff, including five lefties.
Will Hall was officially named USM’s 22nd head football coach on Wednesday.
Tim Billings made a good point after USM’s Wednesday practice.He might very well be the answer to a trivia question some time down the road. Which school had three different head coaches in 2020? Southern Miss.
As the Golden Eagles prepare for their September 3 season-opener against South Alabama, it’s hard to ignore what’s happening around them in the world of college football.
The kid who at nine-years-old was invited to play Pinehurst No. 2 for U.S. Kids Golf.The kid who represented the United States in the Junior Ryder Cup in 2014. Davis Riley, the kid from Hattiesburg, is just one victory away from the PGA Tour.
“Chemistry” was the word Southern Miss offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner used at Media Day when asked what it takes to have success on offense.
If there’s one thing Jay Hopson knows well, it’s defense.The 27-year coaching veteran has seen a lot talented football players from stops at LSU, Florida and Michigan.His compliments of USM defensive back D.Q. Thomas can be considered high praise.
In what is shaping up to be one of the toughest regions in class 6A, Petal is glad to play host to Pearl in Friday’s region 3-6A opener.Both the Panthers (3-1) and Pirates (3-1) enter Friday’s game after a bye week.
When offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner first joined Southern Miss in the spring, he preached that the Golden Eagles were going to play fast and establish tempo.USM played out Faulkner’s vision in Saturday’s 47-42 win at Troy.
While Southern Miss continues fall camp with players competing for spots across the field, there’s no question who will lead the “Nasty Bunch” on defense.Linebacker Racheem Boothe returns for his junior season after four sacks and 48 tackles last year.
Southern Miss first-year offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner joined the Golden Eagles at a peak time for the wide receiver group.Preseason All-Conference USA receiver Quez Watkins returns for his junior season after leading USM with 72 catches for 889 yards and nine touchdowns last season.
After a season of shutdown strikeouts at Mississippi State, Colby White’s live arm caught the eyes of professional baseball scouts.The West Marion grad was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the sixth round of Tuesday’s MLB draft at No. 188 overall.
Just six days after Doc Sadler resigned from his post as head coach of USM basketball, it appears Jeremy McClain has made his first hire as athletic director of Southern Miss.Jay Ladner has been hired as head coach of Golden Eagle basketball, first reported by Jeff Goodman of WatchStadium.com.
Ellisville knew all along.Now the Southeastern Conference and the rest of the country is learning what kind of running back Scottie Phillips is.
For the sixth straight season, Southern Miss will battle a team from the Southeastern Conference. The Golden Eagles travel to Auburn, Alabama to play the No. 10 Tigers on Saturday at 3 p.m.Auburn holds a 17-5 advantage in the series, winning the last meeting in 2008 by two touchdowns.
