OXFORD — New Ole Miss coaches Matt Luke (football) and Kermit Davis (men’s basketball) will headline the speakers Sunday when the seventh-annual Rebel Road Trip launches its 13-stop caravan.
The series of fan meetings also will feature Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork and Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter and new women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin for the stops on Wednesday, April 25.
Visit www.rebelroadtrip.com for tickets and full details.
Among the destinations out of state next week are Charlotte, North Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; New Orleans; and Birmingham, Alabama; while the university leaders will speak to Mississippi crowds in Gulfport, Vicksburg, Indianola, Tupelo, Corinth, and Oxford.
The Rebel Road Trip (#RRT18) will continue to New York City, Jackson, and Memphis, Tennessee, this summer.
In addition to the speakers, the meetings include autograph sessions, photo booths, official merchandise, commemorative posters, a video look at the university, and information tables for the Athletics Foundation and the Alumni Association.
There also will be photo opportunities with the Egg Bowl trophy.
In its first six years, the Rebel Road Trip has visited 37 markets and nearly 22,000 fans. The tour has touched seven states and such major metropolitan cities as Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Little Rock, Arkansas; and Nashville, Tennessee; among others.
2018 BancorpSouth Rebel Road Trip
5:30 p.m., April 22 — Charlotte, North Carolina (Quail Hollow Club)
7:30 a.m., April 23 — Pensacola, Florida (Blue Wahoos Stadium — Hancock Bank Club)
11:30 a.m., April 23 — Gulfport (Great Southern Club)
5:30 p.m., April 23 — New Orleans (Manning’s Eat-Drink-Cheer)
11:30 a.m., April 24 — Vicksburg (Vicksburg Convention Center)
5:30 p.m., April 24 — Indianola (B.B. King Museum)
7:30 a.m., April 25 — Tupelo (BancorpSouth Conference Center)
11:30 a.m., April 25 — Birmingham, Alabama (Vulcan Park & Museum)
5:30 p.m., April 25 — Corinth (Crossroads Arena)
7:30 a.m., April 27 — Oxford (Oxford Conference Center)
June 8 — New York City
July 17 — Jackson
July 19 — Memphis
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