Nutt adds Derrick Nix to Ole Miss coaching staff

OXFORD — Derrick Nix will join his brother, Tyrone, on Houston Nutt’s coaching staff at Mississippi.

Derrick Nix, the younger brother of Nutt’s new defensive coordinator, comes to Oxford from the Atlanta Falcons, where he served as offensive assistant and quality control coach for former coach Bobby Petrino.

Like Tyrone Nix, Derrick Nix is a former player and assistant coach at Southern Miss.

Nutt told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that Louis Campbell left his staff for Mississippi State, clearing the way for Derrick Nix.

The hire completes Nutt’s staff of nine coaches.

Saints to host Favre, Packers next season

NEW ORLEANS – The Saints began 2007 by playing the Bears in the NFC Championship Game last January and finished a very frustrating 2007 regular season against the “Monsters of the Midway” last week. Next season the Saints will again head to Chicago as they play the Bears again. The exact date has not been released by the National Football League but the Saints will play on the Lake Michigan front in 2008.

The Saints will not officially release their schedule until April but the teams they will face have been announced.

The Saints fans will get to see some local NFL superstars in the Superdome next season. Brett Favre, JeMarcus Russell, and Patrick Willis, plus the likes of LaDainian Tomlinson and Adrain Peterson will visit with their respective teams.

The Saints will of course play Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay their NFC South Division rivals twice each in a home-and-home arrangement.

The Saints will also face all the AFC West teams and all the NFC North teams. New Orleans will also meet Taylorsville’s Jeremy Campbell and the Redskins on the road and Willis, the former Ole Miss standout linebacker, and the 49ers at home.

The Saints will travel to Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Kansas City, Washington, Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta.

New Orleans will host Green Bay, Minnesota, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay.