Arkansas head coach Houston Nutt resigned (in lieu of being fired) and landed a very lucrative deal with the University of Mississippi less than four hours later.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi athletic director Pete Boone thinks he's finally found his man. He had to pay dearly to land Houston Nutt, though.
Nutt will make $1.7 million to start and $2 million in the fourth year of his contract, plus incentives. Former coach Ed Orgeron made just $900,000, among the lowest salaries in the Southeastern Conference.
"The price of poker's gone up," Boone said.
Nutt will be introduced as Ole Miss' coach at a news conference Wednesday in Oxford. He resigned from Arkansas on Monday after 10 years and accepted an offer from Boone less than four hours later.
He will get an immediate raise of about $500,000 for coming to Ole Miss and could make as much as $2.3 million if he picks up each of three one-year options after his four-year contract ends.
Is Houston Nutt the NCAA version of the NFL's Norv Turner? You know the guy who can't produce anything above mediocrity (in spite of enormous talent) and yet keeps getting new contracts for even more money?
In Nutt's defense, his record is better than Turner's anemic .417 with one post-season win in over ten years, but it is certainly nothing worth a $500 million pay raise.
Nutt had two really good years at Murray State but left with an overall record of 31-16. He then landed at Boise State where he posted a whopping 5-6 record. This amazing feat apparently was enough to land him a job at a top tier SEC school?
In ten years at Arkansas, Nutt built a resume that only Mississippi could admire.
No SEC titles.
Never a Top-10 season.
Overall record of 75-48.
2-5 in bowl games.
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