So long to the man who left Ole Miss with a 55-19 record, the school’s first-ever 11-win season, and a 38-19 Egg Bowl exclamation point. Oxford is moving on from HC Lane Kiffin who’s Baton Rouge-bound. And just like that, the biggest question became the simplest. Who’s next?

“OFFICIAL | Pete Golding Named Head Football Coach at Ole Miss,” Ole Miss Football wrote on X on November 30.

Former Ole Miss DC and LBs coach Pete Golding is the architect of the Rebels’ defensive revival, the same coach who sharpened Alabama’s defense from 2018-22. He is now the permanent head man in 2026 and beyond. His fingerprints are on a defense that held opponents to 20.1 points and 333.1 yards per game, the backbone of the Rebels’ playoff resume. But inheriting a playoff team is very different from sus

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