Mack Gardner serves as Director of Operations for University of Southern Mississippi's Women's Basketball program in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Gardner, a former graduate assistant for the Lady Eagles, rejoins McNelis' staff in 2021 as the Director of Operations, after spending the past six years as the head coach of Forrest County Agricultural High School in Brooklyn. During his tenure, the Aggies captured a pair of region championships, while qualifying for the MHSAA playoffs four times and was named as a MHSAA Scholar-Athlete team during all six years of Gardner's tenure. Gardner was selected to coach in the 2019 MHSAA North/South All Star game, where he coached current Lady Eagles Brikayla Gray and Melyia Grayson .
