Derrick Nix Q&A: 'My focus is being a fundamental scoring machine'

AUBURN -- It wasn't an easy decision for longtime Ole Miss assistant coach Derrick Nix to leave that program to join Hugh Freeze at Auburn, but it's a decision that he ultimately made to further his career. Nix spent the past 16 seasons at Ole Miss, mostly as a running backs coach, with some recent years spent coaching the wide receivers. He coached with Freeze during Freeze's tenure as head coach at Ole Miss, so re-joining Freeze was a comfortable move. It wasn't without some drama though, as Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin fought hard to keep Nix on staff, even posting on X cryptic messages about Nix staying. But in the end, Nix chose to make more money and elevate his coaching status to offensive coordinator with Freeze and Auburn. We recently caught up with Nix during spring camp and chatted about a variety of things. Here's much of what Nix had to say...