JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Florida offensive coordinator Dan Mullen will be the new football coach at Mississippi State, moving from the Southeastern Conference champions to one of the league's struggling programs.
Mullen was expected to arrive in Starkville later Wednesday and will be introduced at a news conference Thursday.
He's been an assistant coach for 14 years and spent the last eight with Florida coach Urban Meyer at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida.
The top-ranked Gators won the SEC with a dominant offense led by Tim Tebow and will play No. 2 Oklahoma for the BCS national championship next month. It was not immediately clear if Mullen would stay with the Gators through the title game. Mullen replaces coach Sylvester Croom who resigned last month after going 21-38 in five seasons as the SEC's first black football coach. Since 2001, the Bulldogs have had only one winning season.
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12-11-2008, 10:09 AM
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