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Ole Miss hiring former Patriots assistant coach Joe Judge, per report

Joe Judge will be returning to the SEC after more than a decade at the NFL level.

The longtime New England Patriots assistant has been hired by the University of Mississippi under Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin, as On3.com’s Zach Berry reported Wednesday.

Ole Miss and Lane Kiffin have done it again. Former NFL head coach and assistant Joe Judge has joined the Rebels’ staff. @OMSpiritOn3 has more here https://t.co/IhvJIpdq4J pic.twitter.com/232vwpAlja

— Zach Berry (@Zach_Berry) April 3, 2024

Judge, 42, played collegiately at Mississippi State and served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater before moving on to Birmingham-Southern and later Alabama as a special teams assistant.