Derek Horne takes Alcorn State to unprecedented heights

Entering his sixth season in 2019-20 as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Derek J. Horne has made a significant impact at Alcorn State University both athletically and academically. Horne accepted the position in August 2014. Horne was selected as the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) representative from the Southwestern Athletic Conference in June 2019. During his tenure at Alcorn, the football program has won the SWAC East Division in all five seasons, and the SWAC Championship in three of the five years. Horne saw instant success in 2014 as the football team won their first SWAC Championship in 20 years. Shortly after claiming the SWAC title, the team was named the 2014 Black College Football National Champions. The following year, the Alcorn football program would dominate the conference again by repeating as SWAC East Division Champions and reclaiming the SWAC Championship.