Ole Miss announces hire of offensive position coach to Pete Golding’s staff
By Sydney Hunte
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Ole Miss on Sunday announced the hire of the latest member of Pete Golding‘s staff. Micheal Spurlock, previously the running backs coach at Southern Miss, has been named the Rebels’ new wide receivers coach.
It’s a return to Oxford for Spurlock. He was a wide receiver for the Rebels from 2003 to 2005 under David Cutcliffe and Ed Orgeron. Later, he was an offensive assistant for the program under Lane Kiffin in 2020 and 2021.
Spurlock spent nine seasons in the NFL, playing for eight different teams. After his retirement in 2014, he turned to coaching. He was an assistant coach at Philadelphia High School in his native Mississippi before moving to the JUCO ranks.
Following a season on the Dallas Cowboys’ staff, he returned to the college sidelines this time with UTSA and later for Southeastern Louisiana. He returned to Ole Miss in 2020 and was there for two seasons before going back to the pros to take a quality control position with the Green Bay Packers.
In 2023, Spurlock was named wide receivers coach at Western Kentucky. That was followed by a two-year stint as RBs coach at Southern Miss before becoming WRs coach at Ole Miss on Sunday.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
