Mike Smith stepped down as the head softball coach at Ole Miss on Sunday night.
Smith, who will leave with an overall record of 187-112, will have his time in Oxford end with a cloud of what the university called “cultural” concerns when he was placed on administrative leave in November.
At the time, athletic director Keith Carter referred to the situation as a “personnel matter” and hoped to complete an internal audit in a timely manner.
It was not the first time Smith had been asked to step away from this team, after he was suspended for the opening series of the 2019 season for undisclosed reasons.