Ole Miss football coach Houston Nutt is working fast and furious on finding a new offensive coordinator, after Kent Austin left that position to become the head coach at Cornell earlier this week.However, on the reports that former Tulsa coach Dave Rader is on his way to Oxford.
Tulsa TV station Fox 23 has reported that Rader’s hiring may be imminent, but sources say Nutt is interviewing several candidates for the job, while he is on the road recruiting, too.
Rader is a potential candidate, along with former Ole Miss assistant Hugh Freeze, who recently took the offensive coordinator’s job at San Jose State, along with Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach David Lee and possibly former Tulsa and Louisville head coach Steve Kragthorpe.
Austin’s departure came less than a month after former Ole Miss quarterback Jevan Snead decided to give up his senior year of eligibility with the Rebels to make himself eligible for the NFL Draft. Snead had shown a lot of promise for NFL scouts as a sophomore at Ole Miss, but he struggled most of last season, particularly in the Rebels’ losses to Alabama and South Carolina.
Snead announced his decision within a few days of the Rebels’ return from Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. Ole Miss finished 9-4 for the second consecutive season by stopping Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl.
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