Ole Miss Chancellor Glenn Boyce has formed a committee – particularly heavy on former Ole Miss athletes – to search for a new athletic director.

The committee will be chaired by Ole Miss alumnus and retired FedEx executive Mike Glenn of Memphis. Five of the six remaining members are former Ole Miss athletes, and Archie Manning also has agreed to serve in an advisory capacity to Boyce and to the search committee.

The search committee will include:

• David Dellucci, the former Ole Miss All-American baseball player and Major Leaguer, who works as an analyst for the SEC Network and now lives in Baton Rouge.

• Peggie Gillom-Granderson, the former Ole Miss women’s basketball standout and long-time coach, who lives in Oxford and is the Fellowship of Christian Athletes women’s chaplain at Ole Miss.

• Lawyer Jesse Mitchell, former Ole Miss football standout and past president of the Ole Miss M-Club.

• David Morris, former Ole Miss football player and founder of QB Country, an athletic training and development company in Mobile that trains NFL, college and high school quarterbacks at sites across the South.

• Ron Rychlak, Ole Miss law professor, who has served as the university’s faculty athletic representative since 2007.

• Wesley Walls, former Rebel football standout and College Football Hall of Famer, who played 15 seasons in the NFL and was a five-time Pro Bowler. Walls lives in Charlotte.

Glenn and Manning co-chaired the Ole Miss athletic director search in 2012 that resulted in the hiring of Ross Bjork.

No specific timetable was announced, but Boyce said he expects the search to move forward expeditiously.

“I have spoken to each of the search committee members, and they are ready to get to work in finding the right person to lead Ole Miss athletics,” Boyce said in a prepared press release. “The entire committee is committed to ensuring that we have the strongest pool of candidates.”

Former Ole Miss basketball standout Keith Carter has served as interim athletic director since May 27 and is expected to be a strong candidate for the permanent job.

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Ole Miss, Boyce launch athletic director search

by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today
October 30, 2019

<h1>Ole Miss, Boyce launch athletic director search</h1> <p class="byline">by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today <br />October 30, 2019</p> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/category/ole-miss-chancellor-search/">Ole Miss Chancellor Glenn Boyce</a> has formed a committee – particularly heavy on former Ole Miss athletes – to search for a new athletic director.</p> <p>The committee will be chaired by Ole Miss alumnus and retired FedEx executive Mike Glenn of Memphis. Five of the six remaining members are former Ole Miss athletes, and Archie Manning also has agreed to serve in an advisory capacity to Boyce and to the search committee.</p> <p>The search committee will include:</p> <p>• David Dellucci, the former Ole Miss All-American baseball player and Major Leaguer, who works as an analyst for the SEC Network and now lives in Baton Rouge.</p> <p>• Peggie Gillom-Granderson, the former Ole Miss women's basketball standout and long-time coach, who lives in Oxford and is the Fellowship of Christian Athletes women's chaplain at Ole Miss.</p> <p>• Lawyer Jesse Mitchell, former Ole Miss football standout and past president of the Ole Miss M-Club.</p> <p>• David Morris, former Ole Miss football player and founder of QB Country, an athletic training and development company in Mobile that trains NFL, college and high school quarterbacks at sites across the South.</p> <p>• Ron Rychlak, Ole Miss law professor, who has served as the university's faculty athletic representative since 2007.</p> <p>• Wesley Walls, former Rebel football standout and College Football Hall of Famer, who played 15 seasons in the NFL and was a five-time Pro Bowler. Walls lives in Charlotte.</p> <p>Glenn and Manning co-chaired the Ole Miss athletic director search in 2012 that resulted in the hiring of Ross Bjork.</p> <p>No specific timetable was announced, but Boyce said he expects the search to move forward expeditiously.</p> <p>"I have spoken to each of the search committee members, and they are ready to get to work in finding the right person to lead Ole Miss athletics,” Boyce said in a prepared press release. “The entire committee is committed to ensuring that we have the strongest pool of candidates.”</p> <p>Former Ole Miss basketball standout Keith Carter has served as interim athletic director since May 27 and is expected to be a strong candidate for the permanent job.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2019/10/30/ole-miss-boyce-launch-athletic-director-search/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MT_square-thumb.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=452645&amp;ga3=UA-75003810-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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