As a head football coach in the Southeastern Conference, a call from the Commissioner either means something very good has happened, or something very bad has happened.
For Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen this week, the call was for good news.
“There is an opening on the NCAA Football Oversight Committee for a current head coach,” Mullen recalled SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey telling him over the phone. “We’re going to nominate someone from the conference, and we’d like it to be you, if you’re interested.”
“It would be a great honor,” Mullen replied.
Shortly after, the committee accepted the nomination, making Mullen the only current head coach in the group.