Cincinnati's Kennedy hired as Mississippi's coach

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi hired Andy Kennedy as its basketball coach on Thursday night, athletic director Pete Boone told The Associated Press.<br> <br> The former interim coach at Cincinnati was to be introduced at a news conference at noon Friday in Oxford, Boone said.<br> <br> ``The way he handled himself in adverse circumstances showed me his head coaching instincts, and there&#39;s no question that he&#39;s been a great recruiter over the years,&#39;&#39; Boone said.<br> <br> It caps a three-day whirlwind for Ole Miss officials who interviewed four candidates in two days before centering their sights on Kennedy as the replacement for Rod Barnes.<br> <br> Barnes, a former national coach of the year, was told last month that he would not return to the Rebels next year after his fourth straight losing season.<br> <br> The hiring returns the Louisville, Miss., native to his home state for his first full-time head coaching job at the college level.<br> <br> (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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