Report: Lsu To Fire Brian Kelly After Disappointing 5-3 Start To Season

Three-and-a-half years aft Brian Kelly famously explained that he near Notre Dame to go nan caput coach of LSU because he wanted "to beryllium successful an situation wherever I person nan resources to triumph a nationalist championship,” Kelly has reportedly been informed of LSU's volition to disregard him arsenic caput coach, per ESPN's Pete Thamel. The resources that were expected to let Kelly triumph a nationalist title person alternatively played a portion successful his firing little than 4 afloat seasons into his tenure successful Death Valley.

According to Thamel, LSU is expected to pass nan squad of nan news later Sunday nighttime and proceed discussing nan position of his departure.

The Tigers' dismissal of Kelly came aft nan university's administrators and executives held an emergency gathering connected Sunday to talk Kelly's early pinch nan team, including if they were to portion ways pinch him. LSU ended up deciding to disregard Kelly.

Since LSU's opening-week triumph complete Clemson to commencement nan season, it's been an underwhelming 2025 run for nan Tigers. Between Kelly ripping a newsman for questions astir nan discourtesy against Florida, losing 3 of their past 4 games to classed SEC opponents and getting booed twice aft their blowout location nonaccomplishment to Texas A&M, nan Tigers proved incapable to matchup to apical title and meet expectations nether Kelly's lead. They person alternatively fallen to 5-3 connected nan year, and dropped retired of the AP Top 25 rankings.

Though LSU won astatine slightest 9 games successful Kelly's first 3 seasons astatine LSU, he was incapable to lead them to nan College Football Playoff aliases to a nationalist championship, thing nan erstwhile 3 coaches astatine LSU were each capable to accomplish. Meanwhile, Notre Dame is coming disconnected a nationalist title quality and ranks No. 12 astatine this constituent of nan season.

Kelly will time off LSU pinch a 34-14 grounds arsenic nan Tigers' caput coach and a 19-10 grounds successful SEC play. Over his coaching profession astatine Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Notre Dame and LSU, he has compiled a 297–109–2 record.

LSU joins programs including Penn State, Florida, Virginia Tech, Arkansas, UCLA and Oklahoma State to occurrence their caput coach midseason this year. While nan coaching carousel is already slated for a large offseason, LSU is judge to beryllium among nan astir charismatic openings for apical caput coaching candidates crossed assemblage football.

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