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In this thread we can put Ole Miss football staff hires and fires. Lets try to stick to valid information, but rumors are good and should be confirmed. If you have information from other boards, post it here.
It will be interesting to see who Kiffin hires for his staff. There is no doubt that he has good connections in the football world. We can only hope that Ole Miss does not run interference and force coaches on his staff or tell him that he must keep certain coaches.
UPDATED
1/24/20 - Hired Deke Adams as DL Coach
1/20/20 - Brennan Chapman resigns from staff
1/20/20 - Freddie Roach takes job at Alabama leaving DL position open
1/17/20 - Freddie Roach turns down NYG job and stays at Ole Miss
1/17/20 - Terrell Buckley hired as DB Coach
1/13/20 - Derrick Nix hired as WR Coach
1/6/20 - Removed Tee Martin as OC/WR Candidate
1/4/20 - Removed Charles Clark from staff. Added Patridge may coach secondary in addition to being CO-DC.
1/3/20 - Added Tee Martin as potential WR coach. Removed Tyler Siskey as Assistant A.D. for Player Personnel
1/2/20 - Added hiring of DJ Durkin and Chris Patridge as CO-DCs and Joe Jon Finley as TE Coach
1/2/20 - Added Chris Partridge from Michigan as potential DC
12/20/19 - Added Joe Jon Finley - Texas A&M TE coach as rumored target for staff
12/18/19 - Removed Paul Jackson, Derrick Nix, and Calvin Magee
12/16/19 - Staffers Added; Randy Clements as OL Coach; Alex Collins - Sr. Personnel Analyst
1-6-20: Tee Martin has declined Kiffin's offer as CO/DC - WR coach and decided to stay at Tennessee.
NAME TITLE
Lane Kiffin Head Coach
Wilson Love S&C Coach (from FAU Staff)
Kevin Smith RB (Running Backs Coach) - from FAU Staff
Monte Kiffin Defensive Analyst
Hunter Greer Assistant Director of Football Operations
Jeff Lebby OC (Offensive Coordinator)
Blake Gideon ST (Special Teams)Tyler Siskey Assistant A.D. for Player PersonnelBrennon Chapman Assistant Director of Player Personnel
Randy Clements OL (Offensive Line)
Alex Collins Sr. Personnel Analyst
Joe Jon Finley TE (Tight Ends)
Derrick Nix WR (Wide Receivers)
DJ Durkin CO-DC (Defensive Coordinator)
Chris Patridge CO-DC (Defensive Coordinator, may coach secondary)
Terrell Buckley CB (Corner Backs)
Coached by Durkin ILB (Inside Linebackers)
Coached by Durkin OLB (Outside Linebackers)
Deke Adams DLFreddie Roach DL (Defensive Line)
STAFF
? Associate A.D. for Football Operations
Hunter Green Asst Director for Football Operations
? Associate A.D. for Community Relations & Special Teams
? Assistant A.D. for Player Development
Tyler Siskey Assistant A.D. for Player PersonnelBrennon Chapman Assistant Director of Player Personnel
Wilson Love Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach
Alex Collins Senior Personnel AnalystLance Ancar Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Jarwarski Beckum Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning CoachKJ Florence Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning CoachCorey Miller Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning Coach
StaffersMike MacIntyre Assistant Coach/Defensive CoordinatorRich Rodriguez Assistant Coach/Offensive CoordinatorJack Bicknell Jr. Assistant Coach/Offensive Line $400,000Charles Clark Assistant Coach/Cornerbacks $375,000 - Hired by Memphis StateJeff Koonz Assistant Coach/Inside Linebackers $300,000Calvin Magee Assistant Coach/Tight Ends
Derrick Nix Assistant Coach/Running Backs - WR CoachTyrone Nix Assistant Coach/Outside LinebackersJacob Peeler Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers Per sources, told team he was leaving. Hired by North Texas.Freddie Roach Assistant Coach/Defensive LineNolan Jones Associate A.D. for Football OperationsChris Rippon Associate A.D. for Community Relations & Special Teams Consultant
? - Tom Luke Assistant A.D. for Player DevelopmentTyler Siskey Assistant A.D. for Player PersonnelPaul Jackson Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach
LINK TO OLE MISS COACHING STAFF:
FAU Staff baseline of 12/19/19 (included since some of these coaches may be asked to come to Ole Miss)
NAME TITLEGlenn Spencer Interim Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers ($250,000) - DC at USF
Wilson Love Assistant Head Football Coach & Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for FootballCharlie Weis, Jr. Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks ($180,000) - to USFLance Thompson Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line ($150,000)Jaron Fairman Special Teams Coordinator ($60,000)Jason Jones Cornerbacks ($80,000)DJ McCarthy Wide ReceiversWes Neighbors Safeties ($125,000) - to USFJeff Norrid Offensive Line
Kevin Smith Running Backs ($150,000)Clint Trickett Tight Ends ($100,000) - Stays at FAU as OCFrank Diaz Wide Receiver Graduate AssistantDean Garza Secondary Graduate AssistantReilly Jeffers Offensive Line Graduate AssistantDorvus Woods Defensive Line Graduate Assistant
Hires:
12-8-19: Lane Kiffin’s first staff hire at Ole Miss will be Wilson Love, his strength coach at Florida Atlantic
12-9-19: Kevin Smith RB Coach (from FAU Staff)
12-12-19: Jeff Lebby OC (from UCF)
12-14-19: Blake Gideon ST (Special Teams) - from Houston
12-16-19: Tyler Siskey - Assistant A.D. for Player Personnel (Ole Miss)
12-16-19: Brennon Chapman - Assistant Director of Player Personnel (Ole Miss)
12-16-19: Randy Clements - OL Coach (FSU)
12-16-19: Alex Collins - Sr. Personnel Analyst (FAU)
1-2-20: DJ Haskins - CO-DC (ex Maryland HC)
1-2-20: Chris Patridge - CO-DC (from Michigan)
1-2-20: Joe Jon Finly - TE Coach (from Texas A&M)
1-13-20: Derrick Nix - WR Coach (from Ole Miss)1-17-20: Freddie Roach - DL/Asst HC (from Ole Miss) - TOOK JOB AT ALABAMA
1-24-20: Deke Adams - DL Coach
Fires:
12-8-19: Rich Rodriguez
12-8-19: Paul Jackson
12-8-19: Chris Rippon
12-8-19: Jeff Koonz
12-8-19: Jack Bicknell, Jr.
Rumored Candidates:
DL - Hired
Deke Adams from Miss. StateFreddie Roach - Ole MissBo Davis - Detroit Lions
CB - Hired
Terrell Buckley from Miss. StateKarl Scott - Alabama paid $525,000 at AlabamaTrooper Taylor - Duke pay unreported at DukeDerrick Nix - Ole Miss paid $450,000 at Ole Miss
WR - Hired
Derrick NixD.J. McCarthy - FAUTee Martin - Tennessee
OC - HiredKendall Briles, FSU OC (Taggart's Staff) paid $1,020,000 at FSU in 2019
Jeff Lebby - UCF OC paid $375,000 at UCF in 2019 - HIRED
Charlie Weis, Jr. - FAU OC/QBs paid $180,000 at FAU in 2019Garin Justice - UNLV OC/OL paid $216,899 at UNLV in 2019
OL - Hired
Randy Clements, FSU OL (Taggart's Staff) paid $475,000 at FSU in 2019 - HIRED
Special Teams - Hired
Blake Gideon - Houston paid $150,000 at Houston - HIREDDerrick Nix - Ole Miss paid $450,000 at Ole Miss
TE - Hired
Joe Jon Finley - Texas A&M TE coach - HIRED
DC - Hired
DJ Haskins (CO-DC) - ex Maryland HC - HIRED
Chris Partridge (CO-DC) - Michigan - HIREDCharlie StrongPete Golding paid $1,100,000 at Alabama in 2019Randy Shannon paid $300,000 at UCF in 2019
Rumored Staff Retained:Freddie Roach - hired but left for job at AlabamaCharles ClarkTyrone Nix paid $300,000 at Ole MissRumored OM Staff Not Retained:
Jack Bicknell Jr. Assistant Coach/Offensive Line
Jeff Koonz Assistant Coach/Inside Linebackers
Jacob Peeler WR (told team he was leaving) - Hired as OC at Texas State
Rich Rodriguez Offensive Coordinator (BUYOUT of $900,000/year for 2 years)
Paul Jackson S&C Coach - Hired by South CarolinaDerick Nix (off field capacity, DBs, Special Teams) paid $450,000 at Ole Miss - could not keep his mouth shut - RETAINEDCalvin Magee Assistant Coach/Tight EndsMichael McIntyre paid $1,500,000 at Ole Miss
Last edited by catfishboy (2/06/2020 6:05 am)
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Thanks for the update - From Ellisvillereb:
Sources tell FootballScoop Lane Kiffin’s first staff hire at Ole Miss will be Wilson Love, his strength coach at Florida Atlantic. Kiffin publicly credits Love with much of their success at FAU.
Love played at Alabama, and then immediately took a graduate assistant position on Nick Saban’s staff for the 2014 season. That season he worked with the defensive line.
Love moved to the strength staff for the 2015 season serving as an assistant to Scott Cochran for the 2015-16 seasons. Love caught the attention of Kiffin at practice while he went around without a helmet head-butting defensive lineman, who, of course, had their helmets on.
He then followed Lane to FAU in December of 2016 as his head strength coach.
We expect a number of hires for Kiffin’s staff to be made the next few days as he meets with Matt Luke’s staff and makes some local decisions. Sources tell FootballScoop Kiffin is expected to retain Derrick Nix and potentially others.
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Ex-Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez not expected to be retained by Ole Miss following Lane Kiffin hire
After serving one season in the box as Ole Miss's offensive coordinator, Rich Rodriguez is a free agent again. Following Ole Miss hiring Florida Atlantic head coach Lane Kiffin for the same position, the former Arizona coach isn't expected to return as the Rebels' play-caller for 2020, per Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger.
Ole Miss fired head coach Matt Luke after two seasons last Sunday.
Rodriguez became one of the highest-paid assistant coaches last New Year's Eve, nearly a year after he was fired at Arizona, and signed a three-year contract worth $2.7 million giving him an annual salary of roughly $900,000. Rodriguez still has about $1.8 million left on his contract.
Former Arizona running backs coach Calvin Magee was a longtime assistant under Rodriguez and joined Luke's staff as a tight ends coach this season. It's unclear if Magee will be retained by Kiffin. Ole Miss will reportedly keep defensive coordinator and former Colorado head coach Mike Macintyre, per the Oxford Eagle.
Ole Miss went 4-8 this season, but the Rodriguez-coached offense finished as the 29th-best team in total offense and No. 12 in rushing yards in FBS.
SOURCE: Spears, Justin. "Ex-Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez not expected to be retained by Ole Miss following Lane Kiffin hire." Arizona Daily Star, 8 December 2019,
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Rumored Candidates:
Kendall Briles, FSU OC (Taggart's Staff)
Randy Clements, FSU OL (Taggart's Staff)
Charlie Weis, Jr. - FAU OC/QBs
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Do you think Kiffin will fire Tom (Daddy) & Tommy (Brother) Luke? It would be good to see them gone. No one really know was Poppa Luke contributed and they are unsure what Brother Luke did positive for the program.
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This will be another in the mix for OL coach
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I see Tisdalle and Gregory have flipped back to us on the portal. Gregory is who caught Tisdales pass vs Bama.
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I don’t think just loving Ole Miss is going to keep anyone employed or get anyone hired.
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They just replace the RB coach and are talking about an "auxiliary " job for Derrick Nix because he recruits MS so well.
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zreb wrote:
They just replace the RB coach and are talking about an "auxiliary " job for Derrick Nix because he recruits MS so well.
Fire Tommy Luke and give Derrick Nix his job.