Lane Kiffin Bolts Ole Miss For Lsu After Weeks Of Speculation

Lane Kiffin has yet announced his early plans.

In a connection released aft days of speculation, Kiffin yet made his move from Ole Miss to LSU official.

Kiffin was nan Rebels’ caput coach for six seasons. In that time, nan squad went 55-19, vanished successful nan apical 15 3 times, and had double-digit wins successful 4 of his seasons. He besides led Ole Miss to 2 New Years’ Six bowls, winning nan Peach Bowl successful 2023, and nan Rebels likely will make their College Football Playoff debut this season pinch an 11-1 campaign.

While nan schoolhouse attempted to support him successful Oxford, Kiffin couldn’t walk up nan resources LSU could offer. The Tigers person agelong been 1 of assemblage football’s premier programs.

The LSU occupation opened up successful precocious October when coach Brian Kelly was fired. Over 3 afloat seasons positive 8 games earlier his firing successful 2025, Kelly went 34–14 arsenic nan Tigers’ caput shot coach. He became nan first LSU coach to not triumph a nationalist title successful his tenure since Gerry DiNardo led nan Tigers from 1995 to ‘99.

After six seasons arsenic an adjunct coach astatine USC nether Pete Carroll, Kiffin was hired arsenic caput coach of nan then-Oakland Raiders successful 2007 astatine 31 years old. He lasted little than 2 seasons. The Raiders went 4-12 successful his first year, and aft starting nan 2008 run 1-3, Kiffin was fired. It didn’t return agelong for him to onshore connected his feet.

Two months later, Tennessee hired Kiffin arsenic its caput coach, and he went 7-6 during nan 2009 season. As his first twelvemonth successful Knoxville was wrapping up, Carroll near USC to return nan Seahawks’ job, and Kiffin near to switch him successful Los Angeles.

The Trojans went 8-5 successful Kiffin’s first season, past reached their precocious constituent nether him successful 2011 when, led by backmost Matt Barkley, they went 10-2 and vanished No. 6 successful nan country. Due to nan fallout from nan Reggie Bush scandal, USC was not eligible for nan postseason that year. Unfortunately, nan Trojans ne'er sewage backmost to that point. They went 7-6 successful 2012, and aft a 3-2 commencement to 2013, Kiffin was fired.

He rehabbed his image by spending 3 years arsenic Alabama’s violative coordinator and backmost coach nether Nick Saban. He helped nan Crimson Tide triumph nan 2015 nationalist title, and Florida Atlantic hired him arsenic its adjacent caput coach connected Dec. 12, 2016.

Kiffin was wildly successful astatine FAU. In his first season, nan Owls went 11-3 and won nan Conference USA championship. After a 5-7 run successful 2018, Kiffin again led FAU to nan apical of Conference USA successful 2019 pinch a 10-3 record. He was hired by Ole Miss earlier nan team’s vessel game.

During his clip astatine Ole Miss, Kiffin turned nan Rebels into a nationalist contender. After a 5-5 run successful 2020, nan programme started humming and became 1 of nan champion successful nan SEC. Since that first season, Kiffin’s grounds astatine Ole Miss is 50-14 and 28-12 successful nan SEC.

Overall, during his 14 seasons arsenic a assemblage caput coach, Kiffin is 117-53 (.688). He’ll now beryllium headed to Baton Rouge to spot if he tin move astir LSU’s program.

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