Well, Andy Kennedy picked a bad time to have a bad season.
In Kennedy’s first 11 seasons as Ole Miss’s head coach, the Rebels had nine 20-win seasons and never had a losing season. They had a 98-88 record in the SEC and never finished ranked outside the top 100.
The main issue that Kennedy had: the Rebels also made the NCAA Tournament just twice during his tenure. They won the SEC Tournament in 2013 (without which they might not have made the tournament) and they snuck in as one of the last four in in 2015.