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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Promotes Batoon to Assistant Football Coach
1/12/2015 | Football
OXFORD, Miss. - Corey Batoon, who has been a member of Hugh Freeze's Ole Miss staff since February 2012, will be the assistant coach for safeties and will serve as the Rebels' special teams coordinator, starting immediately.
Batoon takes over a vacated spot after linebackers coach Tom Allen left to be the defensive coordinator at the University of South Florida.
Ole Miss defensive coordinator Dave Wommack, who has been coaching safeties, will slide down to oversee the linebackers.
"Corey is a brilliant football mind, and I am confident he will thrive in this role," Freeze said. "He has served as an on-field coach on my staff in the past, and I have seen the impact he can make with our players. In addition, I believe staff chemistry and loyalty are huge components in a team's success, and Corey has been a part of our program for a long time and understands our values."
A 19-year veteran in the college coaching ranks, Batoon has served as Ole Miss' Assistant Athletics Director for Recruiting Operations the last two seasons after being the Assistant A.D. for Player Development in his first year in Oxford. He has helped the Rebels land back-to-back top-15 signing classes, including the 2013 haul that was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation by 247Sports. He has also contributed to the program advancing to three straight bowls for the first time since 1998-2000.
Prior to joining the Ole Miss staff, Batoon spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Arkansas State, where he coached cornerbacks, safeties and special teams during his tenure.
Batoon came to Arkansas State after spending the previous 11 seasons as the assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Northern Arizona. He also spent time as the special teams coordinator during his time with the Lumberjacks.
He has also coached at Montana, Central Missouri State, Saint Mary's (Calif.) and Pierce Junior College in Los Angeles.
Batoon played at San Diego City Junior College and later at Long Beach State (1988-89). He graduated from LBSU with a degree in political science in 1991, later earning a master's in health, physical education and recreation from Saint Mary's in 1996.
Born in Honolulu, Batoon and his wife, Stacy, have two daughters, Brandy and Summer.
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