Mullens to Mississippi State...

[Maroon Eagle]

Contract extended for four years: Link.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I, for one, have no problem with this. I'm sure many will, though.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Amazing what a single Egg Bowl win can do for a coach and fanbase.

Quick question - what is the history of us extending Mullen in the past? I know we did in 2014, along with a raise. I am guessing we did in 2010 too after the Gator Bowl.....so did we extend in 2012, just going by 2 year increments? I admittedly do not know how this process works with a 4-year contract.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

What is his buyout?

 

[PBRME]

Cohen is making a preemptive strike for when Hugh steps down. No article shall be ran about Dan pursuing the Ole Miss opening.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Great move and well deserved for the winningest coach in school history.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Great move and well deserved for the winningest coach in school history.

He's still behind Jackie I believe.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Not many will want to step into that pile of ****.

Too much uncertainty for a quality Coach to take on OM, for now.

 

[RocketDawg]

Good.

 

[Bulldogg31]

He's still behind Jackie I believe.

Jackie was .500

Mullen closer to .600


Nothing before 1970 matters. Unless you're Ole Miss.

 

[Mayor of Little London]

He deserves it.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Yep & and he's closer to .700 than he is to .600.

From the press release:

Mullen, who begins his ninth season in 2017, owns the highest winning percentage at MSU since College Football Hall of Famer Allyn McKeen from 1939-49 (.764, minimum three years). With a 61-42 (.692) mark, Mullen stands just four wins shy of tying McKeen for second in Bulldog victories and 12 away from tying Jackie Sherrill's mark.

 

[woozman]

Good deal.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Actually nothing before 1973 when Tyler started IMO

 

[MeridianDog]

Shows stability to recruits. I bet UM wishes they could offer some assurance (other then money) when what's his name at UM tells them nothing is wrong at OM and he will be there in four years of they sign today.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Nothing before 1970 matters. Unless you're Ole Miss.

Hell, they still cherish things before 1870!

 

[KurtRambis4]

I can't say

I am disappointed. He's our most successful coach and best recruiter, ever.

 

[LandArchDawg]

Uh, 1941?

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

Amazing what a single Egg Bowl win can do for a coach and fanbase.

The egg bowl has earned him more money than anything else. The next queston is has Dan setup a full-time recruiter in Oxford? Who is our key targets on the black bear roster?

 

[missouridawg]

I am disappointed. He's our most successful coach and best recruiter, ever.

And a top QB developer... which is a complete necessity here because we will never fill out the best roster in the SEC, but when you have the best QB, anything can happen. I hope Dan coaches another 30 years here.

 

[tenureplan]

'34 and company must be furious...

 

[coach66]

When his attitude is good which it should be

Now he is pretty effective.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Well since none of

us know how he is psychologically, at any given time, I'm sticking with the original statement.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

What if he ends up being the HC for the next 15 years. That'd be crazy.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Now he is pretty effective.

True story

 

[QuadrupleOption]

Yep & and he's closer to .700 than he is to .600.

From the press release:
Mullen, who begins his ninth season in 2017, owns the highest winning percentage at MSU since College Football Hall of Famer Allyn McKeen from 1939-49 (.764, minimum three years). With a 61-42 (.692) mark, Mullen stands just four wins shy of tying McKeen for second in Bulldog victories and 12 away from tying Jackie Sherrill's mark.

Hmm...the press release is wrong. 103 total games with 61 wins is a .592 winning percentage, not .692. Still good, but if he'd won 70% of his games while here we'd probably have already built him a statue.

Of course, dropping the 3 "losses" to TSUN from his record will push his winning percentage to 61% even which is pretty damn good.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Good catch.

 

[SwampDawg]

With job security in hand he should be ready to take on those out of state powers. Like South Alabama.

 

[thatsbaseball]

He`ll need to tweak his approach to beating Saban

 

[Digging dog]

THIS WILL HELP WITH RECRUITING.

 

[tcdog70]

He deserves it.

Right!!-losing-to-SouthAlabama-ain't-****

 

[Bulldogg31]

Here I'll try it...

MAYBE NOW HE CAN AFFORD SOME LONG PANTS!!!1!

 

[Shmuley]

.592 is 100 basis points better than the football program's historical winning %