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| Nix is a former starting ] himself. Following high school at Etowah High School, he went to the ] and played linebacker from 1990 through 1993. |
Nix is a former starting ] himself. Following high school at Etowah High School, he went to the ] and played linebacker from 1990 through 1993. He was named Golden Eagle team captain in 1993. | ||
| ==Coaching== | ==Coaching== | ||
| During his 10 years as a coach at Southern Miss, his alma mater, Nix coached every position on defense. In his last four seasons, he served as the Golden Eagles' defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach. Nix entered the 2001 campaign with the distinction of being the youngest coordinator in the country at 29 years of age. | |||
| In his first year at South Carolina, 2005, Nix served under head coach ] as co-defensive coordinator and tutored the defensive line. The USC defense in 2006 was sixth in the SEC and 29th in the country in scoring defense. In 2007, he coached inside linebackers in addition to managing a Gamecock unit that topped the ] and ranked fifth nationally in pass defense, allowing just 168.8 yards through the air. | |||
| On ], ], Nix accepted the job as defensive coordinator at the ], to serve under new Ole Miss head coach ]. | On ], ], Nix accepted the job as defensive coordinator at the ], to serve under new Ole Miss head coach ]. | ||
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| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| US college | University of Southern Mississippi |
Tyrone Nix (born September 30, 1972 in Attalla, Alabama) is the Defensive Coordinator for the Ole Miss Rebels. He is the former Defensive Coordinator for the South Carolina Gamecocks and Southern Miss Golden Eagles. He is the brother of Derrick Nix, a former Southern Miss star himself and former Southern Miss assistant coach as well as a former Atlanta Falcons assistant coach in the NFL.
College career
Nix is a former starting linebacker himself. Following high school at Etowah High School, he went to the University of Southern Mississippi and played linebacker from 1990 through 1993. He was named Golden Eagle team captain in 1993.
Coaching
On December 11, 2007, Nix accepted the job as defensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), to serve under new Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt.