Beard tells Ole Miss he’s remaining, sources say

• Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Personnel Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware.Apr 2, 2025, 04:36 PM ET Chris

• Beard has notified Ole Miss that he is staying at the school, sources told ESPN on Wednesday

, following conversations he had with Texas A&M over its head coach vacancy.Beard is set to get a raise, more resources for personnel and a more powerful NIL plan, sources said.Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter posted a picture of himself with Beard on Wednesday afternoon.Why stop now? pic.twitter.com/SD9tcr8Npd!.?.!— Keith Carter(@KeithCarterOM) April 2, 2025 Beard simply finished his second season with the Rebels, leading them to a Sweet 16 look, where they lost to 2-seed Michigan State.

In two years in Oxford, he’s 44-24. He has strong

ties to the state of Texas, going to the University of Texas as an undergrad and coaching at 7 colleges in the state. He led Texas Tech to the championship game game in 2019 and spent a season and a half at Texas before he was fired following an arrest on a felony domestic violence charge that was later dismissed.Editor’s Picks Beard has actually taken four programs to the NCAA competition, winning a minimum of one game in all six looks in the competition.Texas A&M is seeking to replace Buzz Williams, who left Tuesday to take over at Maryland. Williams remained in College Station for 6 seasons, leading the Aggies to each of the previous 3 NCAA competitions.