Southern Miss and Renasant Announce 10-Year Naming Rights Deal for Football Stadium

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The University of Southern Mississippi and Renasant officially announce today a 10-year, exclusive naming-rights partnership that brands the school’s football home venue as ‘Renasant Stadium.’ In what is believed to be the first naming rights deal in the state of Mississippi for a sporting venue on a university campus, the name will change from M.M. Roberts Stadium, which the facility was named during its renovation and expansion prior to the 1976 season. The partnership also marks one of the largest naming opportunities in the Group of Six Conferences of the FBS. “Today is an important day for…