Mississippi has hired Chris Beard as its basketball coach five weeks after his firing from Texas following a domestic violence arrest.
as its basketball coach just over two months after his firing from Texas following a domestic violence arrest.on Monday and will introduce him Tuesday in a public event at the SBJ Pavilion. Beard is a four-time conference coach of the year and was AP's national coach of the year in 2019.
Beard replaces Kermit Davis, who was ousted on Feb. 24 after going 74-79 in nearly five full seasons. Beard has led three different programs to the NCAA Tournament since 2016, including an appearance in the 2019 championship game and an Elite Eight run the year before at Texas Tech. He is 237-98 as a head coach and 11-5 in the NCAA Tournament.
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