Here's The Email Brian Kelly Wrote To Lsu About His Buyout After Being Fired

LSU fired coach Brian Kelly past month, opting to spell successful different guidance aft Kelly went 34–14 and 19–10 successful nan SEC during his three-and-a-half twelvemonth tenure successful Baton Rouge. After nan determination was made to move connected from Kelly, diversion head Scott Woodward—who has been fired successful nan 10 days since Kelly’s firing—explained that LSU decided to make a coaching change aft Kelly didn’t lead nan Tigers to nan occurrence nan programme expects, for illustration College Football Playoff appearances and championships.

Part of LSU firing Kelly meant that nan programme would person to salary his buyout, which is astir $54 million. However, a missive from Kelly to Woodward and nan team’s administrators obtained by WAFB9 indicated that Kelly is unfastened to a settlement.

Here is nan missive below, via WAFB9.

“Scott and team,

“Sending a speedy statement to corroborate that pursuing my termination during our gathering today, I will return each LSU materials successful my possession arsenic required by my contract. Let maine cognize if it’s amended for maine to cleanable retired my office, aliases if you would for illustration to battalion everything up and nonstop it to me. I presume HR will beryllium successful touch regarding immoderate different housekeeping matters retired there, but fto maine cognize if you request thing other from maine successful nan meantime. As we discussed successful our meeting, I’m unfastened to your desire to scope a colony of what’s owed to maine nether nan contract, though of people it would person to make consciousness financially.

“Despite your determination to fto maine spell today, I americium grateful to person had nan opportunity to lead this programme complete nan past 4 years and wish you each nan champion going forward.

“Best,
Brian”

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