Chris Beard is set to be a Power Five head coach again.
Ole Miss announced Monday it had hired the former Texas head coach as its new men’s basketball coach. Beard was fired by Texas in early January after he was charged with felony domestic violence following a dispute with his fiancée at their home in Austin in December.
The charge against Beard was dropped in mid-February. The Travis County District Attorney said the charge could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt “after a careful and thorough review of the evidence” and public statements by Beard’s fiancée.