Ole Miss Coach Derrick Nix Joins Hugh Freeze as Auburn OC

The Ole Miss Rebels assistant coach has officially joined the Auburn Tigers staff.

Ole Miss Rebels assistant coach Derrick Nix has officially joined Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers as the program’s next offensive coordinator.

The Ole Miss account on X (previously known as Twitter) posted a thank you message to Nix for his time in Oxford, one you can view below.

Thanks to @DerrickDNix for 16 great years. pic.twitter.com/VmpJcagu2V

— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) January 17, 2024

According to Ole Miss’ statement, the program will begin the search for a new wide receivers coach immediately “with the objective of finding the best fit to coach the top wide receiver room in America.”

A native of Atalla, Alabama, Nix spent his playing days with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles where he also began his coaching career as a graduate assistant in 2003. He had a stop with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons in 2007 before joining the Ole Miss staff in 2008 as the running backs coach, a position he held through 2019.

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Once Lane Kiffin gained the head coaching job in Oxford, Nix shifted to the role of wide receivers coach, a post he has held ever since. He was named assistant head coach in 2022.