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Veteran coach Nutt resigns from Rebels (St. Petersburg Times)
**Times wires**
Monday, November 7, 2011
OXFORD, Miss. — Houston Nutt came to Mississippi with the goal of becoming
the first coach to lead the Rebels to the SEC Championship Game.
He didn’t come close. Over the past year, the Rebels couldn’t win a single SEC
game.
“The thing about the SEC that I know,” said Nutt, 54. “They pay you to win.”
By that standard, he didn’t earn his salary over the past two seasons. Nutt
said Monday he wasn’t surprised he was asked to resign at the end of the
season.
The Rebels have lost 12 consecutive conference games, including Saturday’s
30-13 loss to Kentucky. Mississippi is 2-7 this year, 0-6 in the SEC. Nutt is
24-23 in his four years in Oxford.
Athletic director Pete Boone announced the move with members of a somber
coaching staff present. The next coach will be the Rebels’ fifth since 1998
and third since 2007.
Boone also said he will step down as AD by the end of 2012.
Former Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning and FedEx executive vice president
Mike Glenn will lead the search for a new coach and an athletic director.
“I wanted to be the first …
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