Former Texas and Texas Tech men's basketball coach Chris Beard is reportedly the lead candidate for Ole Miss' head coaching vacancy.
Pete Thamel and Jeff Borzello of ESPN reported Ole Miss brass is doing its "due diligence" on Beard, who was fired by Texas in January after being arrested on domestic violence charges.
Beard's fiancé, Randi Trew, initially accused the coach of choking, biting and hitting her during a December argument but later released a statement denying she ever made those claims to police and taking blame for initiating a "physical struggle."
Charges against Beard were dropped last month because of insufficient evidence.