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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Mike MacIntyre Accepts Position with Dallas Cowboys
1/15/2003 | Football
Jan. 15, 2003
OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss head football coach David Cutcliffe announced Wednesday that secondary coach Mike MacIntyre has resigned in order to take a coaching position with the National Football League Dallas Cowboys.
"I greatly appreciate how much Mike MacIntyre has meant to our program as a coach and as a person," Cutcliffe said. "We will miss Mike and his family very much, but wish him luck in his new job with the Dallas Cowboys."
MacIntyre has just completed his fourth season as a member of Cutcliffe's Ole Miss staff, including his second year coaching the secondary. He joined the staff prior to the Rebels' appearance in the 1998 Independence Bowl and coached wide receivers the first two years. MacIntyre also served as recruiting coordinator for the football program.
"Working at Ole Miss was a tremendous experience and it will be sad to leave a place we truly love, but I welcome the opportunity to coach in the National Football League," MacIntyre said. "It was a pleasure to work for Coach Cutcliffe, a great man and coach. I also enjoyed working with the assistants and getting to know their families. The players I've coached at Ole Miss are great young men and we will miss them, but we look forward to watching them on Saturdays. We may be going with the Cowboys, but our favorite college team will always be the Ole Miss Rebels. Ole Miss has a great place in our hearts."
This season, while working in first-year defensive coordinator Chuck Driesbach's 4-2-5 scheme, the Rebels improved their interception total, picking off 18 passes compared to 12 in 2001. Ole Miss also broke up 46 passes, 14 more than its total in 2001.
Ole Miss defensive backs also played a pivotal role in the Rebels' rush defense as senior strong safety Matt Grier led the team with 12.0 TFLs. Grier also was the team's leader in QB sacks with four. Sophomore free safety Eric Oliver also posted the highest single-season total for tackles by an Ole Miss player since 1994 with 129.
While working with receivers his first two years, MacIntyre coached two of the top receivers in Ole Miss history -- Cory Peterson and Grant Heard.
Prior to joining Cutcliffe's staff at Ole Miss, MacIntyre had coached the previous two years at Temple. He also coached at Tennessee-Martin and Davidson, and was a graduate assistant at Georgia.
A 1989 graduate of Georgia Tech, MacIntyre played two seasons at Vanderbilt and two years at Georgia Tech. He also earned his master's degree from Georgia. MacIntyre and his wife, Trisha, have three children - Jennifer, Jay Michael, and Jonston.
