Wes Neighbors III serves as Assistant Coach/Safeties for University of Mississippi's Football program in University, Mississippi. Wes Neighbors III is in his third year as safeties coach at Ole Miss entering 2025. Neighbors' safeties helped contribute to one of the best all-around defenses in Ole Miss history in 2024 that led the nation in sacks (52) and tackles for loss (120) while ranking second at 80.5 rushing yards allowed per game -- the fewest by a Rebel defense since 1966.
In his first season in Oxford in 2023, Neighbors coached a talented safeties group that helped propel Ole Miss to its first 11-win season in program history. The Landshark D led the SEC and ranked fifth in the FBS in turnover margin at +11, helped greatly by 13 interceptions -- second-most in the SEC and the most by a Rebel defense since 2015.
