Ole Miss basketball elements methods with head coach amid SEC-worst 2-13 document

Ole Miss basketball may have a brand new chief after the Rebels and head coach Kermit Davis mutually agreed to half methods on Friday. 

In his fifth yr as head coach in Oxford, the Rebels have struggled, going 2-13 in SEC play and 10-18 general. 

Mississippi Rebels head Coach Kermit Davis yells on the officers throughout a sport in opposition to the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on Jan. 21, 2023 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Razorbacks defeated the Rebels 69-57.  (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

The two wins in convention play are tied with LSU for the least quantity of wins this season within the Southeastern Conference. 

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“My household and I are extraordinarily grateful for the chance to guide the Ole Miss males’s basketball program the previous 5 years,” Davis mentioned in a press release. 

“We respect Chancellor Boyce, Keith Carter, the workers and gamers for his or her help and work ethic on behalf of our program, and I want Ole Miss one of the best going ahead. Oxford is a particular place to dwell and work.”

Ole Miss Rebels head coach Kermit Davis, left, talks with referee Doug Shows in the course of the sport between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Ole Miss Rebels on Jan. 7, 2023 at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi. (Chris McDill/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)

Since Davis took over as head coach in 2018, Ole Miss has struggled, going to the NCAA event simply as soon as. 

“We thank Coach Davis for his dedication to the Ole Miss basketball program and our student-athletes,” Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter mentioned. “No one wished to convey a title residence to Mississippi greater than him, and we respect the eagerness for that aim that he shared with our group day-after-day. As he has all through his profession, Coach Davis labored tirelessly to provide a winner, and we want him, Betty and his household the perfect sooner or later.”

Mississippi Rebels head coach Kermit Davis watches play from the sideline throughout a sport between the Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi Rebels, Jan. 4, 2023 at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)

Ole Miss mentioned it is going to conduct a nationwide seek for the twenty third head coach in program historical past. 

“As we have now seen previously, Ole Miss Basketball is able to competing for and profitable championships, and we’re decided to search out the precise chief to assist us attain our biggest potential,” Carter mentioned. 

Davis compiled a document of 74-79 at Ole Miss after 17 years as head coach at Middle Tennessee.