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Longtime Ole Miss assistant gets to be head coach for a day

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www.youtube.com – 16 WAPT News Jackson – 2023-08-12 18:53:52


SUMMARY: Lane Kiffin, head coach of the Ole Miss football team, gave his associate head coach and wide receivers coach, Derrick Nix, the opportunity to be the head coach for a day during a scrimmage. Nix expressed his excitement and emotions at the chance to lead the team. Nix, who has been coaching at Ole Miss for over 15 seasons, learned the importance of clear communication and being there for everyone while in charge. Kiffin highlighted the lack of minority head coaches in college football and expressed the need for change. The Tennessee Titans head coach, Mike Vrabel, also promoted a minority coach for a preseason game.

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Ole Miss associate head coach and wide receivers coach Derrick Nix was promoted to head coach for the Rebels’ first scrimmage of fall camp. Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin made this move not only give Coach Nix experience as a head coach but to shed light on the lack of diversity among the FBS head coaching ranks. Back in 1979 Hall of Famer Willie Jefferies became the first black coach at major Division 1 program when he led Wichita State. Later in 2003 Mississippi State’s Sylvester Croom became the first black head coach in the SEC but only four others have been hired to lead programs in the conference since then. Going into 2023 there will only 16 minority head coaches out of the 133 FBS programs in the country. Mississippi State head coach Zac Arnett, who is of latino descent, is one of those head coaches. Hopefully we’ll see these kinds of moves lead to significant changes and more opportunities for minority coaches in college football and the NFL.

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