Tyrone Nix (born September 30, 1972) is an American football coach who currently serves as defensive coordinator for the Tarleton State Texans.
[1] In the year 1991, Nix became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity through the Theta Eta chapter at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Coach Nix began his tenure at South Carolina in 2005 as co-defensive coordinator, sharing the responsibility with his long-time colleague John Thompson.
Following the 2009 season, Houston Nutt promoted Nix to the role of assistant head coach[3] after being nominated for the Frank Broyles Award.
[4] Upon the hiring of Hugh Freeze as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels on December 6, 2011, after Nutt was fired, Nix was dismissed as well.
[citation needed] After interviewing with the Oklahoma Sooners,[5] Nix was named co-defensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee State on February 22, 2012[6] under Rick Stockstill.