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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>Chris Beard Should Be NCAA Coach Of The Year</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/app.barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/app.barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push((function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","63604"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_keywords",["chris beard","year","ncaa coach","ole miss basketball","texas tech","win","tennessee","ncaa tourney","rebs","strong non conference game","byu","overtime","risk","bama","louisville"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv1",["IAB17","IAB17-26","IAB17-12"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv2",["547","483","488","489"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv3",["547","483","488","489"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_positive","0.28"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_neutral","0.62"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_negative","0.1"),htlbid.setTargeting("is_testing","no"),htlbid.layout()}))</script><script>var googletag = googletag || {};
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        pbjs.setConfig({ pageUrl: https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3540067/chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year });</script><script src="https://d9rde3y35j061.cloudfront.net/script.js"></script><script src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" async></script><style>.union__content{font-family:-apple-system,HelveticaNeue,Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:18px;color:#5a5b5d;word-wrap:break-word;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0 5px 32px 5px}.union__content p{padding:0;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content img{display:block;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content video{display:block!important;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content .articleAd{text-align:center;margin:16px 0 0 0;background-color:#f5f5f5}.union__content .htlad__container{display:inline-block}.union__content p a{color:#377dc4}.union__content .oembed__wrapper{margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video){display:block;margin:16px 0 0 0;padding:4px 12px;border-left:4px solid #77889a;font-style:italic;background:#f0f4f8;text-align:left;border-radius:0 6px 6px 0}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video) p{font-style:italic}.union__content blockquote,q{quotes:none}.union__content iframe{max-width:100%}.union__content .bs-image-hidden{display:none}.union__content div.hq-image{width:fit-content;margin:0 auto}.union__content span.image-attribution,.union__content span.image-attribution a{color:#757575;font-size:12px;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.1px;line-height:14px;text-decoration:none;padding:0;margin:0}.union__content .bs-videoPlayer .bs-videoPlayer__container,.union__content video-js,.wp-video{width:100%!important;height:0!important;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;overflow:hidden;margin:16px 0 0 0}.wp-video video{width:100%!important;height:100%!important}.hq-image video{width:100%!important;height:100%!important}.union__content .bs-videoPlayer__container>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:none}@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){.union__content,body,html{background:#1c1c1c;color:#f1f1f1}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video){border-left:4px solid #367dc4;background:#272c35}}</style><script>window.addEventListener("applicationDidBecomeActive",(()=>{document.querySelectorAll(".hq-image video[autoplay]").forEach((e=>e.play()))}))</script></head><body class="union__content"><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/yvoZFgo?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/OleMissMBB/status/1897503676320616921?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year"></a></div></div></div><p>In Year 2 in Oxford, Chris Beard has led a spectacular turnaround of Ole Miss Basketball!</p><p>It all culminated in an unforgettable Senior Night as Ole Miss defeated their 2nd Top 5 team of the season in a 78-76 thriller over Tennessee.</p><p>What a scene in The Pavilion! I never thought I would see Ole Miss hoops rock like this.....</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/6AhQgPX?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolOleMiss/status/1897510342302859565?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year"></a></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>Seniors Jaemyn Brakefield, Matt Murrell & Sean Pedulla could not have gone out more in style. Ole Miss is 10-7 in the most loaded SEC of our lifetimes & have a good shot at a #6 seed in the NCAA Tourney with 1 regular season game left at Florida and the SEC Tourney in Nashville still pending.</p><p>All Chris Beard has done is win everywhere he goes. From Arkansas-Little Rock to Texas Tech to Texas and now Ole Miss, the man just gets the job done. Hell he even almost won the National Title at Texas Tech in 2019 falling to Virginia in Overtime in the Finals.</p><p>Ole Miss AD Keith Carter took a risk hiring Beard after things blew up at Texas and it has paid off in spades. Beard took over a program in shambles. </p><p>In Year 1 he won 20 games but missed the NCAA Tourney. In Year 2, that is not going to be a problem. Ole Miss has 21 wins including strong non conference games over BYU & Louisville. Add in two Top 5 wins at Bama & vs. Tennessee and the Rebs are a serious threat.</p><p>This is the best Ole Miss team in almost 25 years and the Rebs got momentum heading into March Madness.... Hotty Toddy!</p></body></html>

<div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/yvoZFgo?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/OleMissMBB/status/1897503676320616921?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year"></a></div></div></div><p>In Year 2 in Oxford, Chris Beard has led a spectacular turnaround of Ole Miss Basketball!</p><p>It all culminated in an unforgettable Senior Night as Ole Miss defeated their 2nd Top 5 team of the season in a 78-76 thriller over Tennessee.</p><p>What a scene in The Pavilion! I never thought I would see Ole Miss hoops rock like this.....</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/6AhQgPX?_showcaption=true" href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolOleMiss/status/1897510342302859565?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63604_0_chris-beard-should-be-ncaa-coach-of-the-year"></a></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>Seniors Jaemyn Brakefield, Matt Murrell & Sean Pedulla could not have gone out more in style. Ole Miss is 10-7 in the most loaded SEC of our lifetimes & have a good shot at a #6 seed in the NCAA Tourney with 1 regular season game left at Florida and the SEC Tourney in Nashville still pending.</p><p>All Chris Beard has done is win everywhere he goes. From Arkansas-Little Rock to Texas Tech to Texas and now Ole Miss, the man just gets the job done. Hell he even almost won the National Title at Texas Tech in 2019 falling to Virginia in Overtime in the Finals.</p><p>Ole Miss AD Keith Carter took a risk hiring Beard after things blew up at Texas and it has paid off in spades. Beard took over a program in shambles. </p><p>In Year 1 he won 20 games but missed the NCAA Tourney. In Year 2, that is not going to be a problem. Ole Miss has 21 wins including strong non conference games over BYU & Louisville. Add in two Top 5 wins at Bama & vs. Tennessee and the Rebs are a serious threat.</p><p>This is the best Ole Miss team in almost 25 years and the Rebs got momentum heading into March Madness.... Hotty Toddy!</p>

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