Chills ran up Chris Malloy’s spine as he sat in the backyard of his South Tampa home overlooking the waters of Pirate’s Cove.
It was June of 2014, and he’d just received a phone call from Ross Bjork. Malloy had just accepted a position to become the Ole Miss men’s golf coach.
“This is a dream come true,” he thought.
But two weeks prior, he’d received a similar phone call from Bjork saying he would like to talk to Malloy about Ole Miss’ head coaching vacancy.
A chance to live in Oxford and coach at his alma mater where he spent his playing days.