Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin criticized the lack of diversity among coaches in the college football ranks following the Rebels’ fall scrimmage on Saturday.
Kiffin’s comments came after he allowed wide receivers coach Derrick Nix the opportunity to serve as the program’s acting coach for the scrimmage to “see what it was like” being in the seat of a head coach. Nix, a Black coach who started his career as a graduate assistant at Southern Miss in 2003, joined the Rebels’ staff in ’08 as the running backs coach.
Nix was retained under Kiffin’s tenure but switched from running backs to coach wide receivers.
