Lane Kiffin is leaving Ole Miss to return complete arsenic nan caput coach astatine LSU. His now-former players look assured moving forward.
Rebels halfway Brycen Sanders took to X (formerly Twitter) to praise nan school’s diversion director, Keith Carter, and caller permanent caput coach Pete Golding.
LFG! @KeithCarterOM champion AD successful nan nation, and couldn't beryllium much excited to play for Coach Golding https://t.co/4fWYY0hZ4R
— Brycen Sanders (@BrycenSanders1) November 30, 2025That tweet responded to a video of Sanders telling an assembled crowd, “We’re going to triumph nan natty.”
Additionally, according to Karis Chambliss, who shared nan video that Sanders responded to, one Ole Miss subordinate said, “The only personification getting connected that level pinch Kiffin is his brother,” meaning Kiffin mightiness not beryllium leaving pinch arsenic overmuch arsenic his unit for LSU arsenic he primitively thought.
It remains to beryllium seen what nan afloat fallout is from Kiffin’s departure from an 11-1 squad that is presently preparing for a near-certain spot successful nan College Football Playoff. There could beryllium Rebels players and coaches who scheme to caput to LSU pinch Kiffin, but we don’t cognize nan grade of that yet.
Kiffin claims he wanted to coach nan squad done nan playoff, but, according to nan caput coach, that thought was rejected by Carter.
For now, nan squad has a caller caput coach to guideline it moving forward.
Golding is 41 and has been Ole Miss’s protect coordinator and wrong linebackers coach since 2023. Before that, he served successful nan aforesaid roles for Alabama from 2018 done nan ‘22 season.
Players look fresh to put it each connected nan statement for Golding arsenic they make their postseason run.
One of nan Ole Miss players, I’m not judge who, moving to find out, conscionable exited nan gathering and yelled, “It’s nan Pete Golding era!”
— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) November 30, 2025Golding has a reliable enactment to travel successful Kiffin, who was 55-19 successful his six seasons successful Oxford, but his players look to beryllium supremely assured successful their caller coach.
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