Omarr Conner has been with the Hinds football program since 2015. Conner will be the Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receiver’s Coach going into the 2025 season. Conner previously spent three years coaching at Hinds as the wide receivers coach before taking over as the quarterbacks coach.
A Macon native, Conner graduated from Noxubee County High School. During his playing career at Noxubee County, Conner was named to the Dandy Dozen, as a Parade All-American, and as the Mississippi Player of the Year.
Conner moved on to Mississippi State University where he started at wide receiver his freshman season in 2003 before he was moved to quarterback and started there the next three seasons.
He returned to his high school alma mater to start his coaching career. Conner served as the quarterbacks coach for one season before becoming the receivers coach at Yazoo County High School for three seasons. Conner then moved on to Louisville High School where he served as the offensive coordinator for three seasons. While there, his offense helped win a state championship in 2014.
In 2015, Conner came to the college coaching ranks as wide receivers coach for Hinds. Conner coached six receivers and two running backs who went to National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I institutions following careers at Hinds. One of those receivers was Javon Wims, now in the NFL with the Chicago Bears.
Conner and his wife, the former Ashley have four children, Lailya, Ariel, Donovan and Carson Conner.
