Kermit Davis is the new Ole Miss men’s basketball coach, the university announced in a statement Thursday. He will be publicly introduced 5:30 p.m. Monday in The Pavilion. This comes a little more than a month after Andy Kennedy officially resigned mid-season, which immediately began a coaching search. “After assessing the entire landscape of college […]
Ole Miss has found Andy Kennedy’s replacement, multiple news outlets are reporting. The newest men’s basketball coach will be Kermit Davis, who is currently coaching the Middle Tennessee team in the NIT Tournament. An announcement is expected to come later this week. Kermit has been with Middle Tennessee since 2002 and the team made three […]
Both Ole Miss basketball teams are now without a head coach. After five seasons, Ole Miss and head women’s basketball coach Matt Insell have “mutually agreed to part ways,” Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork announced today. “Coach Insell inherited a very difficult situation in 2013, and we appreciate his focus and hard work […]
After the university submitted its appeal of the NCAA Committee on Infractions decision, The Daily Mississippian spoke with Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork about the appeal, recruiting and more. Read the Q&A below: The Daily Mississippian: Why is it important for you and Chancellor Vitter to continue fighting the NCAA decision/penalties? Vice Chancellor […]
Ole Miss is back on defense, waiting for the NCAA to respond. The university published its appeal of the recent NCAA Committee on Infractions decision on the school’s website Wednesday for public viewing. This 43-page appeal was filed Feb. 5 after the university filed its intent to appeal back in December. The appeal asks that […]
The Daily Mississippian was told the university’s appeal of the recent NCAA Committee on Infractions decision should be made available to the public on the school’s website sometime today, according to the university’s Office of General Counsel. This appeal was filed last Monday after the university filed its intent to appeal back in December. The […]
From the cinnamon challenge to the gallon challenge, dangerous internet dares have been going viral for years. The latest one making headlines is the Tide Pod challenge, spawned from a meme popularized on Twitter telling people to eat the laundry detergent capsule. And now, one local bar is making it a little more safe for […]
There is one fewer Greek organization on campus as of this semester. The University of Mississippi’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, also referred to as SAE, was closed by its national headquarters in mid-December and disbanded the group until at least 2021. Months of investigation led to SAE nationals and the university finding health and […]
This will be Tim Potts’ last week serving as the chief of police for the University Police Department. Potts has accepted a position as police chief for Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, he told The Daily Mississippian in an email. “I don’t look at it as leaving Ole Miss,” Potts said. “I love this […]
Updated with a statement from the university at 8 a.m., Wednesday: The Sigma Alpha Epsilon, also referred to as SAE, national headquarters has closed its chapter at the University of Mississippi due to health-and-safety concerns and members not upholding the fraternity’s national standards for behavior. All current members of the chapter have been suspended from the […]
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