 On November 27, 2007, Houston Nutt was hired as the 36th head football coach of the Ole Miss Rebels, just five weeks after having defeated Ole Miss as the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.The next day, Nutt was officially introduced as the new coach at a press conference at the school's Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for Performing Arts.During the press conference, Nutt said, "One thing I love about Ole Miss is the tradition," naming past players such as Archie Manning, Jake Gibbs, Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, Deuce McAllister and Eli Manning.