Former New York Giants coach Joe Decide has joined Ole Miss’ soccer employees, as Lane Kiffin continues to make key employees additions this offseason.
“We’re excited in regards to the addition of Joe Decide to our employees,” Kiffin mentioned. “Joe brings an incredible quantity of expertise that may present a major impression to each our teaching employees and our gamers. We’re excited in regards to the contributions he’ll make to our group.”
Decide was the Giants’ head coach in 2020 and 2021 earlier than being fired and was with the New England Patriots the previous two seasons, most not too long ago because the assistant head coach beneath Invoice Belichick in 2023. Kiffin has made an effort to usher in coaches with ties to Nick Saban and/or Belichick. Decide coached particular groups beneath Saban at Alabama from 2009 to ’11 and spent 10 seasons working beneath Belichick in numerous roles, together with particular groups, quarterbacks and receivers.
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A former participant at rival Mississippi State, Decide is the second coach with Mississippi State ties to be employed this offseason by Ole Miss. Zach Arnett spent the 2023 season as Mississippi State’s head coach after arriving as defensive coordinator in 2020. Mississippi State promoted Arnett following the dying of coach Mike Leach in December 2022 after which fired him in November after the group dropped to 4-6.
Among the others Kiffin employed this offseason who’ve ties to Saban embody tight ends coach Joe Cox and defensive analyst William Vlachos. Cox, a former Georgia quarterback, coached the Alabama tight ends the previous two seasons. Vlachos was an All-SEC middle at Alabama beneath Saban and a part of two nationwide championship groups. He later labored as an analyst beneath Saban in the course of the time Kiffin was the Tide’s offensive coordinator.
Additionally this offseason, Kiffin introduced in NFL veteran personnel director Mike Williams to be the Rebels’ senior director of participant personnel and Billy Glasscock because the Rebels’ basic supervisor. Glasscock was beforehand the participant personnel director at Texas. Alex Brown was employed away from SMU to be Ole Miss’ director of scouting, and former Center Tennessee star quarterback Brent Stockstill joined Ole Miss’ employees as an offensive analyst.
Decide, who spent the previous 12 years within the NFL, is anticipated to serve in a senior analyst position at Ole Miss, which is able to undoubtedly faucet into his particular groups experience.
A brand new proposal launched final month by the NCAA Soccer Oversight Committee would, if handed, permit faculty soccer packages to have a vast variety of employees members — not simply the ten assistant coaches and head coach — on the sector teaching and offering instruction throughout practices and video games.
Ole Miss Spirit was the primary to report Decide’s hiring.