National Championship Coach Ed Orgeron Returns to LSU Tigers Staff Under Lane Kiffin
Orgeron returns to help LSU recruit elite players and coach the defensive line as Kiffin seeks to strengthen a staff already praised nationally.
- On Wednesday, LSU Head Coach Lane Kiffin announced that former head coach Ed Orgeron is returning to the program as special assistant to recruiting and defense.
- The two coaches share a longstanding professional relationship dating back over 15 years, having worked together at USC and Ole Miss before Orgeron led the Tigers to a 2019 national championship.
- Kiffin stated Orgeron "brings us tremendous value" through his recruiting ability, and expects him to travel recruiting elite talent while intensifying defensive development.
- Orgeron, who served as head coach for nearly six years before his 2021 firing, joins a staff featuring defensive coordinator Blake Baker and three defensive line assistants.
- This addition aims to maintain LSU's status among the nation's elite athletic programs, with Orgeron expected to help develop the 2026 freshmen class into championship-caliber talent.
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Ed Orgeron and Lane Kiffin are reunited. Two college football coaches who were told to get the heck out of Oxford, Mississippi are back on the same staff together at LSU. The national championship coach took a sizable pay cut to join the new head coach in Baton Rouge. Lousiana State University paid Orgeron a lot of money not to be its college football coach over the last four years. He will earn just a small fraction of his previous buyout in th…
Ed Orgeron is returning to LSU as member of old USC pal Lane Kiffin's staff
Ed Orgeron, who led Louisiana State to an undefeated season and national championship in 2019, is back at LSU as part of Lane Kiffin's staff. The two men worked together at USC and Tennessee.
Ed Orgeron Returns To LSU Coaching Staff As Assistant Under Lane Kiffin
Ed Orgeron is back! Lane Kiffin has hired former LSU head coach Ed Orgeron as an assistant on his staff, the program announced Wednesday. The deal brings Orgeron back to his home state and reunites him with Kiffin after working under him at USC and Tennessee. Orgeron’s title will apparently be special assistant to recruiting and defense, though […]
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