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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Luke, Walls to Defend Title at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge
4/16/2019 | Football
Top Coaches, Celebs Tee It Up for $650,000 in Scholarships, Charity
GREENSBORO, Ga. - Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke and former tight end Wesley Walls will represent the Rebels in the 13th annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament.
Team Ole Miss will look to capture its fourth consecutive Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge title as it competes for a share of the $650,000 scholarship and charity purse. The team's winnings will be split between an endowed scholarship at Ole Miss and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) chapter at the university.
Ole Miss FCA focuses on serving the local campus community and beyond by equipping, empowering and encouraging athletes, coaches, and all whom they influence, to make a difference for Christ.
The nation's premier head coach and celebrity golf event will be held April 28-30 at Reynolds Lake Oconee resort outside Atlanta. Proceeds from the event benefit endowed scholarships at the participating universities and charitable foundations selected by the coaches. Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $7.6 million in scholarship and charity, helping make Peach Bowl, Inc. college football's most charitable bowl organization.
The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge main event features pairings that include a university head coach (either current or from the previous season) and a celebrity alumnus from the same school competing in a two-man scramble format against other university teams from around the country.
This year's field features an impressive roster of college football greats that include five Dodd Trophy winners, the last five College Football Playoff National Championship winning coaches and three of the four head coaches who led their teams to last season's College Football Playoff. In total, this year's field has won 12 national championships, 34 FBS conference championships and has 1,577 career wins.
The current field of competitors for the featured event is projected to include:
Alabama - Nick Saban, Mark Ingram
Auburn - Gus Malzahn, Tim Hudson
Clemson - Dabo Swinney, Bill Spiers
Florida - Dan Mullen, Judd Davis
Georgia - Kirby Smart, David Dukes
Georgia Tech - Paul Johnson, Jon Barry
North Carolina - Mack Brown, Roy Williams
NC State - Dave Doeren, Terry Harvey
Notre Dame - Brian Kelly, Jimmy Dunne
Ohio State - Urban Meyer, Jeff Logan
Ole Miss - Matt Luke, Wesley Walls
Pittsburgh - Pat Narduzzi, John Congemi
UConn - Randy Edsall, Dan Orlovsky
The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge will be broadcast on ESPN in August and December. Specific dates will be announced this summer. For more information, visit www.Chick-fil-APeachBowlChallenge.com.
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