2026 Mississippi State Football Coaching Turnover Tracker 2.0

[KOdawg1]

Now it sounds like Washington is going to Ole Miss.

I wonder if this opens the door for Derrick Nix?

He's got opportunities at Bama, Florida, and probably OM before us

[Pancho]

Nix is out of the mix in oxfart. I figure we are last on his wish list but there are currently no strong guarantees that he lands at bama or florida either. ole mis has a WR coach, a RB coach and a new OC so he is out with the sharts. He made a pitch to the sharts as OC but they didn't pat him any attention and went with the intellectual Dr Baker who has experience with TE's to run the vaunted Pete "glue" golding offense.

[Coach34]

Mississippi thinks they have landed Washington

[Pancho]

Mississippi thinks they have landed Washington

that's why i said ole mis has a WR coach

[BigDawg81]

Mississippi thinks they have landed Washington

Ole Miss hired Spurlock as their WR coach

[Santiago]

Ole Miss hired Spurlock as their WR coach

Petey playing 3d Backgammon ***

[Pancho]

lawd they either lying now or have no idea what petey is up to

[Brobi-wan]

lawd they either lying now or have no idea what petey is up to

Maybe he doesn’t have any idea what he is up to either.

[Todd4State]

Now Washington is officially going to Ole Miss.

Hopefully we won't melt about this on this board like some are doing on other boards right now.

[BigDawg81]

Now Washington is officially going to Ole Miss.

Hopefully we won't melt about this on this board like some are doing on other boards right now.

Maybe not on this board hopefully. A lot of people are though. I don’t know anything about Washington other than he never stays at one place too long. I guess he’s a good recruiter.

[Todd4State]

Maybe not on this board hopefully. A lot of people are though. I don’t know anything about Washington other than he never stays at one place too long. I guess he’s a good recruiter.

Yeah. I won't sugar coat it- I think he is a good coach. He is also a guy that moves around a lot.

At the end of the day it's a WR coach. I'm much more interested in who we hire than who we don't.

[BigDawg81]

Yeah. I won't sugar coat it- I think he is a good coach. He is also a guy that moves around a lot.

At the end of the day it's a WR coach. I'm much more interested in who we hire than who we don't.

I’m much more concerned about a DL coach. I think there are plenty of WR coaches out there that would be a good hire. Even Billy Gonzales wouldn’t be a bad hire.

[Todd4State]

I’m much more concerned about a DL coach. I think there are plenty of WR coaches out there that would be a good hire. Even Billy Gonzales wouldn’t be a bad hire.

Gonzales was a pretty bad recruiter. I don't think Lebby would put up with that for long unlike Dan.

I do think DL is critical because that's really what is going to determine how much improvement our DL is going to make next year.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I?m much more concerned about a DL coach. I think there are plenty of WR coaches out there that would be a good hire. Even Billy Gonzales wouldn?t be a bad hire.

Billy would be a terrible hire. TERRIBLE. He's a terrible recruiter and our WRs weren't very good under him. I mean he had 3 years to teach De'Runnya Wilson how to be a receiver and in year 3 we still could only call 3 plays for De'Runnya: slant, fly, block out. He didn't know the difference between a curl, hitch, and comeback so he ran them all the same.

I do agree with you about DL being more important though. That's a massive hire.

[Turfdawg67]

Now Washington is officially going to Ole Miss.

Hopefully we won't melt about this on this board like some are doing on other boards right now.

Nah, most of us are just calloused over. Nothing surprising about this.

[TrapGame]

I am sure all the OM coaches will be job hunting this time next year.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Now Washington is officially going to Ole Miss.

Hopefully we won't melt about this on this board like some are doing on other boards right now.

I think some in our fan base just latch on to a name and convince themselves that he's the best candidate out there. I mean I would venture to guess that 10% of our fan base, and probably less, knew who L'Damian Washington was Thursday afternoon.

[KB21]

I think some in our fan base just latch on to a name and convince themselves that he's the best candidate out there. I mean I would venture to guess that 10% of our fan base, and probably less, knew who L'Damian Washington was Thursday afternoon.

This is 100% a fact. The initial melt was because no one knew who Washington was. When they found out that he was being courted by us, Ole Miss, Alabama, Florida, and Ohio State, their tune changed. Now, they are melting because we didn't get him. However, most of this does stem from the fact that some are just mad that Bumphis was dismissed.

[Goldendawg]

This is 100% a fact. The initial melt was because no one knew who Washington was. When they found out that he was being courted by us, Ole Miss, Alabama, Florida, and Ohio State, their tune changed. Now, they are melting because we didn't get him. However, most of this does stem from the fact that some are just mad that Bumphis was dismissed.

We just had another of the 24 or so WR's on this year's roster enter the portal (Thus far,biggest number of portal entries). Someone has done a terrible job of evaluation in this group, as only Thompson and Evans stepped up this year. There is no longer time to develop players, keeping them two or more years, even if they will $tay.

[BorneDawg]

Hey Golden, can you in your spare time list who's coming back next year or is it already in a thread somewhere?