Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin and Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach are reportedly expected to lobby the Mississippi state legislature Thursday to change the state flag.
According to Nick Suss of the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, Kiffin and Leach are among those who will argue in favor of removing the Confederate emblem from the upper left corner of the Mississippi state flag.
Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter and Mississippi State counterpart John Cohen are expected to join them, as are several other coaches from both schools, including Ole Miss head men's basketball coach Kermit Davis, women's basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin and Mississippi State head men's basketball coach Ben Howland.