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Matt Luke Welcomes Big Names, Big Questions as He Makes the Ole Miss Coaching Staff His Own

OXFORD, Miss. — On a recent spring day inside Ole Miss’s football operations building, offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez and defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre are seated on either side of head coach Matt Luke to begin a 9 a.m. staff meeting. Before the football talk starts, assistants pass around a football, to be signed and later given away at an alumni function. The football arrives in front of offensive line coach Jack Bicknell, the staff’s resident humorist. He picks up the ball and glances around a quiet room. “Do they want me to autograph this, or is it just for former head coaches?