Ed Orgeron Addresses Possibility Of Returning To Lsu After Brian Kelly Firing

After Brian Kelly was fired by LSU pursuing nan Tigers' 5–3 commencement to nan season, nan programme is seeking retired its adjacent caput coach, and 1 acquainted look expressed liking successful nan vacancy erstwhile asked astir it Wednesday.

Former Tigers coach Ed Orgeron made an quality connected ESPN's Unsportsmanlike connected Wednesday and was asked astir perchance replacing Kelly astatine LSU. When asked if he wanted to beryllium LSU's adjacent coach, Orgeron didn't hesitate pinch his response.

"Oh, I'd emotion to. You kidding me? I'm 1 telephone telephone away. I conscionable gotta get successful my truck, I could beryllium location today!" said a chuckling Orgeron to ESPN's Evan Cohen.

Coach O spent six seasons astatine nan helm successful Baton Rouge from 2016 to 2021. He won a nationalist title pinch nan Tigers successful 2019 and had a 51–20 grounds during his clip arsenic nan program's coach. Kelly took complete nan domiciled aft his departure successful '21, but pursuing his firing, Orgeron could perchance beryllium successful nan operation to return.

Orgeron has antecedently expressed his liking successful a return to nan sidelines, though he made clear he was seeking retired a programme that would beryllium a bully fresh for him. He's plentifulness acquainted pinch LSU, and nan Tigers' vacancy is 1 of, if not nan astir appealing crossed nan assemblage shot scenery astatine present.

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