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Mississippi High School Football Coach Stabbed To Death: Report

Jacoby Hopson Sr., an assistant coach at Lake Cormorant and the father of a 4-star recruit, was allegedly killed by Kroger’s co-worker

Andy Villamarzo

Jacoby Hobson Jr. /X

A dispute turned violent on Thursday morning when Jacoby Hopson Sr., an assistant football coach at Lake Cormorant High School (Mississippi) was stabbed to death by a co-worker, according to a report by SportsTalk Mississippi.

Anderson Todd, 55, was arrested and is being charged with second-degree murder, according to an Action News 5 report.

Hopson Sr., 39, is the father of Ole Miss signee Jacoby Hopson, a 4-star 2025 linebacker for Lake Cormorant. Hopson signed with the Rebels back on Dec. 4th after the Gators’ season had ended. 

Per the report, Hopson Sr. and Todd got into an argument at a Kroger Delta Memphis Distribution Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Also according to the report, the heated debate turned violent over football. 

“Coby got into it with a dude over football. They started tussling and the man got a knife and stabbed him once in the thigh, three times in the stomach and cut his throat,” Tasha Watkins, Hopson Sr’s cousin, told WREG per the report. 

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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.

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