The Ole Miss Rebels are the 18 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford, Mississippi. The first to be established was the football team, which began play in 1893.
Originally known as the "Mississippi Flood", the teams were renamed the Rebels in 1936. They compete in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I, except for the rifle team, which participates in the Patriot Rifle Conference because the SEC does not sponsor that sport.
The school's colors are red (PMS 186) and navy blue (PMS 2767), chosen to mirror the respective school colors of Harvard and Yale. The team's mascot is Tony the Landshark, which replaced the Rebel Black Bear in 2018, which replaced Colonel Reb in 2011.
Between 1995 and 2004, 630 Ole Miss student-athletes received all-conference academic honors.
Sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Cross country Cross country Golf Football Rifle Golf Soccer Tennis Softball Track & field† Tennis Track & field† Volleyball
Baseball
The Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represents the University of Mississippi in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference. They are currently coached by head coach Mike Bianco and assistant coaches Carl Lafferty and Chris Cleary. They are currently the second most populated team in the nation – an achievement reached by keeping extra utility players on the roster. They play home games at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. Ole Miss has played in the College World Series six times, most recently playing and winning it in 2022.
Men's basketball
The Mississippi Rebels men's basketball represents the University of Mississippi in intercollegiate men's basketball. They have participated in the NCAA Tournament in 1981, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015 and 2019. In 2008 and 2010, the team made it to the National Invitation Tournament Semifinals at Madison Square Garden. The Rebels have won the SEC Western Division in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2007, and 2010.
From 1999 to 2006, Rod Barnes coached the Rebels basketball team, and compiled a record of 141-109 during his tenure. In 1981, the Ole Miss basketball team won their first SEC tournament championship in Birmingham, Alabama and earned their second one in 2013 at Nashville, Tennessee.
Women's basketball
The Ole Miss women's basketball program began in 1974, and has been a fixture in post-season tournaments since that time. The Rebels have appeared in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship tournament seventeen times, including the inaugural 1982 tournament; they also appeared in the tournament in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005, and 2007. They have reached the Sweet Sixteen eight times and the Elite Eight five times (1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, and 2007). They have also appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament in 1999, 2001, and 2006. Entering the 2008 season, the program has an all-time win–loss record of 686–353, for a 66% average./pdf1/152266.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=2600
The 1992 team won the SEC with an 11–0 conference record, and finished the season with a final record of 29–3, the most wins in team history.
The program has produced such outstanding players as sisters Peggie Gillom, who still holds the school records for scoring and rebounding, and Jennifer Gillom, an Olympic medalist, Kodak All-American, and SEC Female Athlete of the Year. The Gillom Athletics Performance Center on campus is named for the Gillom sisters.
Perhaps the most decorated player in the program's history, guard Armintie Price, joined the Rebels for the 2003–2004 season and immediately collected SEC Freshman of the Year honors. In her collegiate career, Price was named to the All-SEC First Team three times and became the first player to be named SEC Defensive Player of the Year twice. With Cheryl Miller she is one of only two players in NCAA history to record 2000 points, 1000 rebounds, 400 assists and 400 steals. As a senior, she was a finalist for the Wooden Award and was named to the Kodak All-American Team; she led her team to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1992. Price was drafted third overall in the 2007 WNBA draft and went on to an outstanding first season with the Chicago Sky, culminating in Rookie of the Year honors.
Coaching legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Van Chancellor built his legacy with eighteen years as the Rebels' head coach, where he compiled a record of 439 wins and 154 losses. Chancellor's legacy also includes several players-turned-coaches, including Jennifer Gillom, who helped Chancellor coach the US Senior Women's National Team to the 2002 World Championship; head coach Carol Ross, who returned to her alma mater in 2003; and current associate head coach Peggie Gillom.
Carol Ross resigned as head coach on April 26, 2007. During her four-year tenure, the Rebels' posted 77 wins and 50 losses. She was replaced by assistant coach Renee Ladner. Ladner resigned at the end of the 2011–12 season after having gone 70–82 in five seasons. Adrian Wiggins, who had led Fresno State to five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, was hired as her replacement. However, Wiggins was fired before the start of the 2012–13 season amid an investigation of potential NCAA recruiting violations. Assistant Brett Frank was named as interim head coach in the wake of Wiggins' firing.
After the 2012–13 season, Ole Miss hired Matt Insell, the son of Middle Tennessee head coach Rick Insell, as permanent head coach. The younger Insell had spent the previous five seasons as an assistant under Matthew Mitchell at Kentucky.
Insell was fired in 2018 and was replaced by Jacksonville head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, popularly known as “Coach Yo”. Coach Yo’s teams would struggle at first, even going winless in conference play during her second year. However, the team made national headlines when star center Shakira Austin transferred to Ole Miss from Maryland in 2020. Also that year, freshman Madison Scott won SEC Freshman of the Year and the Rebels finished as the runner-up to Rice in the WNIT.
The following season, Ole Miss made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in over a decade. Shakira Austin was drafted 3rd overall by the Washington Mystics in the WNBA Draft.
Perhaps the best season under Coach Yo was the 2022–23 season. Ole Miss went 11–5 in the SEC with near upsets of Top 5 teams LSU (the eventual national champions) and South Carolina. The Rebels were once again selected for the NCAA Tournament as an 8-seed, defeating 9-seed Gonzaga 71–48 in the First Round. In the Second Round, Ole Miss beat Stanford, the top seed in their regional, by a score of 54–49 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2007 when Carol Ross coached the team to the Elite Eight. The Rebels lost to 5-seed Louisville 72–62 in the Sweet Sixteen and finished 25–9. It was their best record in over 15 years.
In 2023–24, Ole Miss won 12 SEC games for the first time in program history and advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, losing 71–56 to Notre Dame to finish 24–9 on the season. Marquesha Davis was drafted 11th overall by the New York Liberty in the WNBA Draft.
In 2024–25, Ole Miss started the season with a close loss to #3 USC in Paris, France. They went 9–3 in non-conference play with additional losses to #2 UConn in the Baha Mar Women's Championship and NC State at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. In SEC play, the Rebels went 10–6, highlighted with upset wins over #15 Kentucky at home on February 10 and #7 LSU in Baton Rouge in the regular season finale. They earned a 7-seed in the SEC Tournament. Additionally this season, Madison Scott had a career-high 30 points in a 71–63 road win against rival Mississippi State.
Football
The Ole Miss Rebels football team represents the University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, in the sport of American football. The Rebels compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The football history of Ole Miss includes the formation of the first football team in the state and the 26th team on the list of college football's all-time winning programs. The Ole Miss Rebels posted their 600th win on September 27, 2008, when they defeated the (then ranked No. 4 and future 2008 BCS National Champ) Florida Gators 31–30 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.
Throughout the 115-year history of Ole Miss football, the Rebels led by quarterback Jacob Bennett, who was also the coach have won six Southeastern Conference titles (1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, and 1963) and claim three national championships (1959, 1960, and 1962). However, only the 1960 title is officially recognized by the NCAA.
In 2019, the NCAA vacated 33 of the team's victories and levied a two-year ban on post-season play as punishment for recruiting and academic violations under head coaches Houston Nutt and Hugh Freeze.
Softball
Tennis
Golf Braden Thornberry won the 2017 NCAA Division I individual championship. Michael La Sasso won the 2025 NCAA Division I individual championship.
The women's golf team has seen recent success with the team winning conference and regional titles including the national championship in 2021 under the direction of coach Kory Henkes. This was Ole Miss' first women's NCAA title in any team sport.
Volleyball The 2017 Rebels finished the season at 22–14 and 8–10 in the SEC. Entering the inaugural postseason National Invitational Volleyball Championship as an at-large invitee, they lost only one set in five matches en route to winning the tournament.
Championships NCAA team championships Ole Miss has won two NCAA Division I team national championships. 2021 NCAA Women's golf Kory Henkes 4–1 Oklahoma State2022 NCAA Baseball Mike Bianco 10–3, 4–2 Oklahoma
Other national team championships Below are seven national team titles that are not bestowed by the NCAA:
Men's: Football: 1959, 1960, 1962 Women's: Cheerleading: 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025 See also SEC national team championships
NCAA individual championships Ole Miss athletes have won 29 NCAA Division I individual championships.
Men's (19) Boxing (1): Steve Wilkerson (1938) Golf (2): Braden Thornberry (2017), Michael La Sasso (2025) Indoor Track (7) 800 metres: George Kersh (1991) 55 metres: Greg Saddler (1994) Long jump: Savanté Stringfellow (2001) 60 metres hurdles: Antwon Hicks (2004, 2005) Distance medley relay: Nick DeRay, Robert Domanic, Craig Engels and Sean Tobin (2017) Mile run: Mario García Romo (2022) Outdoor Track (7): Long jump: Ralph Spry (1983), Savanté Stringfellow (2000, 2001) 800 metres: George Kersh (1991) 3000 metres steeplechase: Barnabas Kirui (2007) Pole vault: Sam Kendricks (2013, 2014) Tennis (2) Doubles: Mahesh Bhupathi and Ali Hamadeh (1995) Singles: Devin Britton (2009) Women's (10) Indoor Track (5) Long jump: Brittney Reese (2008) Shot put: Raven Saunders (2017) Weight Throw: Shey Taiwo (2022), Jalani Davis (2023, 2024) Outdoor Track (4) Long jump: Brittney Reese (2008) Shot put: Raven Saunders (2016) Hammer throw: Janeah Stewart (2018) 1500 metres: Sintayehu Vissa (2022) Tennis (1) Singles: Arianne Hartono (2018)
Notable non-varsity sports
Lacrosse The Ole Miss Rebels Men's Lacrosse Club team is a member of the Southeast Lacrosse Conference D1 (SELC) in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The Women's Lacrosse Club team also competes in the Southeast Women's Lacrosse League (SWLL) in the Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (WCLA).
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