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Kiffin hitting the ground running in new position at Ole Miss

If there was any doubt remaining on the Ole Miss campus, it evaporated as Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne blared from the speakers in the Pavilion with Lane Kiffin walking out to thunderous cheer from thousands of fans. The new Ole Miss head football coach is a rockstar. It’s been a party in Oxford for […]

COLUMN: Kiffin hire brings swagger to Ole Miss football program

It’s amazing how much can change in a week’s time. On Thanksgiving night, the morale surrounding the Ole Miss football program was at an all-time low. The Rebels had just lost the Egg Bowl following an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty by Elijah Moore and a missed extra point by Luke Logan. Since Matt Luke’s hiring at […]

Lane Kiffin named head coach

Lane Kiffin was officially named the new head football coach at Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon. Keith Carter’s hot start in his new role at Ole Miss continues with a major hire for the vacant head football coaching job. After a five-day coaching search, Carter went down to Boca Raton to find Ole Miss’ new […]

Offensive struggles continue in loss to No. 24 Butler

Unable to get into a rhythm offensively all night, the Ole Miss men’s basketball team came up short against No. 24 Butler at home on Tuesday, losing 67-58.  Neither Khadim Sy nor star senior Breein Tyree started for the Rebels after they were blown out by 41 against Oklahoma State in the final of the […]

Volleyball coach Steven McRoberts leaves program after 12-game losing streak

Ole Miss and head volleyball coach Steven McRoberts have agreed to part ways according to a release from the university. “Coach McRoberts represented Ole Miss with class and integrity over the past six years,” Carter said in a statement. “He made tremendous contributions to our program and to the lives of our student-athletes, and we […]

Keith Carter: ‘Apathy surrounding the program was too much to overcome’

Ole Miss Athletics Director Keith Carter addressed the media on Monday after the firing of third-year head football coach Matt Luke. Luke, who led the team to a disappointing 4-8 season in 2019, was officially fired on Sunday evening, four days after an embarrassing 21-10 loss to Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl. Luke was […]

Unsportsmanlike conduct penalty puts Egg Bowl out of reach for Ole Miss

Ole Miss fell 21-20 in the 2019 Egg Bowl thanks to an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and a missed extra point in the final seconds of Matt Luke’s final game as head coach. Quarterback Matt Corral led the Rebels on their final drive of the game, a drive that included a conversion on 4th-and-24 and a […]

Ole Miss fires head coach Matt Luke

Ole Miss announced Sunday night that head football coach Matt Luke was fired, setting off passionate reactions, including players storming out of a team meeting, fans rejoicing and Luke rushing back to Oxford from an Alabama recruiting trip where he learned of the decision.  The Rebels finished the 2019 season on Thanksgiving with a 4-8 […]

Keith Carter named permanent Ole Miss athletics director

Ole Miss announced Friday morning that Keith Carter will have his interim tag removed and become the permanent vice chancellor of intercollegiate athletics. Carter received unanimous recommendation from the search committee, which was formed in late October and chaired by Ole Miss alumnus Mike Glenn. Members of the committee included David Dellucci, Peggie Gillom-Granderson, Jesse […]

COLUMN: Lack of discipline was not new under Luke

What has been a strange season for the Ole Miss Rebels was capped off appropriately with possibly the wildest Egg Bowl finish ever, with the Mississippi State Bulldogs retaining the Golden Egg with a 21-20 victory on Thanksgiving night. What has been a strange season for the Ole Miss Rebels was capped off appropriately with […]

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