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Ole Miss Basketball Staff Update

Announced as the 23rd head coach of Ole Miss men’s basketball in March, Chris Beard‘s full-time staff was released on Wednesday as the program prepares for the 2023-24 season. Adding eight new coaches and support staff members to seven returning, Beard’s staff brings years of collegiate and professional experience to Oxford, and includes numerous staff members who have

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REPORT: Chris Beard headed to Ole Miss

According to a Jeff Goodman report, Ole Miss is expected to hire Chris Beard as their new head men’s basketball coach. Beard would replace Kermit Davis who was released back on February 24th. Beard spent 1+ years at Texas before being fired on January 5th following his arrest on a felony domestic family violence charge

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Kirby named Assistant Basketball Coach at Ole Miss

Ole Miss men’s basketball has added the experienced and highly-regarded assistant coach Robert Kirby to its staff for the 2022-23 season, head coach Kermit Davis announced Monday. One of the most well-respected assistant coaches in the nation, Kirby comes to Oxford with 37 years of Division I coaching experience, with his most recent stop being a five-year

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OFFICIAL: Hollowell departs Loyola (NO); Named Associate AD for Basketball at Ole Miss

Following up on something that I reported back on 5/2 (NAIA DIRT). Stacy Hollowell has officially departed Loyola (NO), and been named as the Associate Athletics Director for Basketball at Ole Miss. Here’s the release: Kermit Davis continues to strengthen his Ole Miss basketball staff, adding 2022 NAIA national championship coach Stacy Hollowell to the program.

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Morris named Assistant Basketball Coach at Ole Miss

Ole Miss men’s basketball has added Louisiana’s Brock Morris as an assistant coach, head coach Kermit Davis announced. Morris comes to Oxford with a decade of coaching experience and a nationwide reputation as one of college basketball’s top assistants, most recently helping the Ragin’ Cajuns the last three seasons beginning in 2019-20 after a one-year stint as the head

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Daily Dirt – 3/17/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) How about Notre Dame vs Rutgers yesterday? What a game. If that’s any indication of what’s to come, these next three weeks will be insane! Here’s today’s St. Patrick’s Day Edition of the Daily Dirt… Multiple reports have former Indiana head coach Archie Miller as the leader at URI. Miller knows

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Ole Miss, Kermit Davis Agree to Contract Extension

Heading into his fourth season as the head coach of Ole Miss Men’s Basketball, Kermit Davis has agreed to a new four-year contract that runs through 2025, Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter announced. “Starting with his first season when he was SEC Coach of the Year, Coach Davis has increased the expectations of Ole

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Ole Miss Extends Contract of Kermit Davis

Exactly one year after being publicly introduced at The Pavilion as the new leader of the Ole Miss men’s basketball program, head coach Kermit Davis has agreed in principle to a new four-year contract. In his first season guiding the Rebels, the SEC Coach of the Year brought Ole Miss back to the NCAA Tournament

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