MS SR148

Commends Ole Miss Basketball Coach Chris Beard for winning the 2025 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award on March 31, 2025

Recognizes the Rebels' 24-12 regular season record and NCAA Tournament performance as the No. 6 seed, advancing to the Sweet 16 after defeating No. 11 North Carolina and No. 3 Iowa State before losing to No. 2 Michigan State 73-70

Notes this is Beard's second season as Head Coach at Ole Miss (appointed March 13, 2023) and acknowledges his prior achievements as a four-time Conference Coach of the Year and 2019 National Coach of the Year

Directs the resolution to be presented to Coach Beard, forwarded to Ole Miss Chancellor Glen Boyce and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, and distributed to the Capitol Press Corps