Ole Miss creates job post for head football coach

Zac Al-Khateeb

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It appears Ole Miss football is looking to move on from coach Matt Luke after this season.

The University of Mississippi has officially posted a listing for the school's head football coach, meaning Luke's title as interim head coach will remain just that: interim.

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Luke has does the best he can since taking over after Hugh Freeze was forced to resign amid a sex scandal. It even looked as if the Rebels would have a decent season after starting 2017 2-0. But a road loss to Cal and two consecutive blowouts to SEC opponents Alabama and Auburn (who beat the Rebels a combined 110-26) seems to have been the last straw for Ole Miss.

Candidates need to have a bachelor's degree and at least three years of coaching experience.

Scott Satterfield and Mark Helfrich are early names listed as candidates to take over full-time after this season. But whoever takes over will need to be ready to take on a huge rebuilding process that could likely involve NCAA sanctions.

Oh, and they'll need to be willing to work weekends as well.

 

Zac Al-Khateeb

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Zac Al-Khateeb has been part of The Sporting News team since 2015 after earning his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2014) degrees in journalism at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining TSN, he covered high school sports and general news in Alabama. A college sports specialist, Zac has been a voter for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman Trophy since 2020.