US EditionCollege Football Coaching Carousel Tracker: Lane Kiffin To LSU Fallout
Lane Kiffin's departure triggered a seven-coach SEC carousel, leaving Ole Miss with a staff in flux as LSU swiftly secured their new head coach.
- On Sunday, Lane Kiffin left the Ole Miss Rebels to become the LSU Tigers head coach and will join LSU immediately, foregoing coaching Ole Miss in their expected College Football Playoff appearance.
- Lane Kiffin spent six seasons at Ole Miss, finishing 55-19 overall including 32-17 in SEC play, and said he 'channeled' his late father Monte Kiffin in weighing the move.
- The coaching carousel produced seven moves over the weekend, including Ole Miss promoting Pete Golding to head coach; as of Monday morning, 23 head-coaching changes and 12 permanent replacements were registered.
- Ole Miss will likely play in the College Football Playoff, but Keith Carter said Kiffin will step away immediately amid boos and criticism from fans and media.
- The move reshuffles SEC coaching lists alongside hires like Jon Sumrall, as LSU moved quickly to hire Kiffin and build its staff to hit the recruiting trail.
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Ole Miss Denies Lane Kiffin’s Major Claim as High Emotions See Him Turn to Fired LSU Coach
The Ole Miss Rebels Nation’s nightmare hit reality. Their head coach, Lane Kiffin, packed his bags for the LSU Tigers, leaving a one-loss squad behind. The messy breakup energy kicked in fast. Kiffin claimed Ole Miss straight-up ghosted him at crunch time. The Rebels finally clapped back. “Ole Miss officials dispute Kiffin’s account of this, by the way,” reporter Ross Dellenger wrote on X on December 1, in a post responding directly to Kiffin’s …
Lane Kiffin to LSU Is a Massive Win for College Football – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
For the last 10 days, as the regular season of college football has come to a close, a rumbling earthquake has been building — the main tremor of which struck, with a ground zero in Oxford, Mississippi, on Sunday. The Ole Miss Rebels’ head coach, Lane Kiffin, who may have built the most overachieving team in college football history with this year’s playoff-bound 11-1 club that was picked to finish in the middle of the pack in the SEC, opted to …
Lane Kiffin Used His Father’s Death as Inspiration to Take LSU Coaching Job
It’s been a whirlwind three days for Lane Kiffin, but the new LSU football coach is steadfast in his decision to leave Ole Miss after six years — in part, he revealed, because of his late father. “Over the past few weeks, and especially the past few days, trying to figure out this decision, I really tried to channel my dad,” Kiffin said during his introductory press conference on Monday, December 1. “And I thought of when I spoke at his funeral.…
Lane Kiffin did the right thing
Sports media can’t stop complaining about Louisiana State University’s new head football coach, Lane Kiffin. A cliché tells us what’s really going on here: they hate him cause they ain’t him. Kiffin spent the last five years resurrecting Ole Miss’s once-mediocre football program. The Rebels are currently 11-1, ranked 7 in the AP poll and have almost certainly secured a playoff spot. But that didn’t stop Kiffin this morning from getting on a pl…
Lane Kiffin Starts LSU Tenure With A 'Hot And Sweaty' Yoga Workout
Well, it's official: Lane Kiffin has moved on. Sure, he had one foot out the Oxford door Saturday, and out pen to paper at LSU last night – but it was NEVER going to be official until he found a new hot yoga place to call home. And … he's found it. He's got his spot. Time to plant some roots in Baton Rouge (until Tuscaloosa comes knocking)! It appears Lane has chosen the Yoglates Studio in Baton Rouge to do his daily morning workout. The studio …
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