Marty Windham is in his 10th year as assistant equipment manager at Southern Miss. He assists with the football equipment operation, as well as overseeing the needs for the sports of baseball, men’s and women’s track, women’s cross country, softball and soccer.

                The Bay Springs, Miss., native is no stranger to the Southern Miss family, having served as a graduate assistant in the equipment office and as an undergraduate assistant for three seasons prior to that.

                Windham got an early start on his vocation when he served as manager for the Bay Springs High School football team, while also competing in baseball for three seasons.

He continued to serve as a football manager at Jones County Community College before arriving at Southern Miss.

                The Southern Miss alum earned his bachelor’s degree in coaching in 1997, before adding a master’s of science in sport administration in 1998.  He is a member of the Athletic Equipment Manager’s Association and received his certification in June 1998.

                The Southern Miss Equipment Department was honored as the best equipment operation in Conference USA for 1999-00 and 2001-02, as voted on by the other equipment managers in the conference.

                Windham married the former Brandy Mixon of Sumrall, Miss., in June 2004. He is the staff advisor for the Association of Baptist Students at Southern Miss.