Beard has met with the Ole Miss Athletic Department and Chancellor Glenn Boyce as part of the vetting process. Something to note is that Beard’s domestic violence charges, which led to his departure from Texas, have been dropped. The portal opens on March 13 and does not close until May 11, so expect Ole Miss to be very active during this window. At Texas, Beard brought in Iowa State transfer Tyrese Hunter and Minnesota transfer Marcus Carr, both of which are leading Texas to a top seed in March Madness. At Texas Tech, Beard most notably recruited Mac McClung out of the portal after he withdrew his name from the NBA Draft. As the transfer portal has grown in relevance, so has Beard’s interest in transfer players. High school recruits will not be Beard’s only focus, though. Beard is a known recruiter, bringing in five-star talents like Dillon Mitchell and Arterio Morris in 2022, not to mention five stars like Ron Holland and AJ Johnson for Texas’ 2023 class. Now that the 2022-2023 season is over for Ole Miss, and since the Rebels have a head coach, it is time to hit the recruiting trail. The timing of this hire could not be any better. That year, Texas Tech finished the season with 31 wins to put that into perspective, Ole Miss has only won 25 games in the last two seasons. The 2019 Red Raiders made it all the way to the championship game only to lose to Virginia. He has won at every stop in his career, and Ole Miss is his newest challenge.īeard is responsible for Texas Tech’s deepest March Madness run in school history. The Red Raiders went to their first Elite Eight in his second season and made it to the national championship game in 2019.īeard led Little Rock to a 30-5 record and a Sun Belt Conference title in his lone season, making the second round of the NCAA Tournament.The former Texas Tech and Texas coach won the AP National Coach of the Year in 2019, and he is a two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year in 20, but many may not know that he has won two other Coach of the Year awards from his time in the Sun Belt in 2016 and the Lone Star in 2015. I am really looking forward to being an active part of the Oxford community."īeard spent five seasons at Texas Tech, going 112-55 at a program that had endured five losing seasons in the previous six years. "I can't express how grateful I am to Chancellor (Glenn) Boyce, Keith Carter and the rest of the search committee for their belief in me to lead this program. "I am honored to be joining the Ole Miss family and excited to get started at this great university," said Beard, who was 29-13 at Texas. He is 237-98 as a head coach and 11-5 in the NCAA Tournament. "After conducting due diligence and speaking to a number of individuals on and off the court, it was evident he is the right person to guide our team to greatness."īeard has led three different programs to the NCAA Tournament since 2016, including an appearance in the 2019 championship game and an Elite Eight run the year before at Texas Tech. "We thoroughly evaluated a number of outstanding candidates, and there is no doubt Coach Beard is one of the top coaches in the nation," said Keith Carter, the school's vice chancellor for athletics. 24 after going 74-79 in nearly five full seasons. She later said that Beard didn't choke her, and was defending himself, and that she never intended for Beard to be arrested and prosecuted.īeard replaces Kermit Davis, who was ousted on Feb. Beard was arrested when his fiancée, Randi Trew, called 911 and told officers that Beard strangled, bit and hit her during a confrontation in his home. 12 arrest and fired him three weeks later when Texas officials told Beard's attorney he was "unfit" to lead the program. A prosecutor said his office determined that the charge of assault by strangulation/suffocation-family violence could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Beard is a four-time conference coach of the year and was AP's national coach of the year in 2019.īut his two-year tenure at alma mater Texas ended abruptly in January, though felony domestic charges were ultimately dismissed on Feb. The Rebels announced Beard's hiring on Monday and will introduce him Tuesday in a public event at the SBJ Pavilion. Mississippi has hired Chris Beard as its basketball coach just over two months after his firing from Texas following a domestic violence arrest.
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