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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Why Isn't Lane Kiffin Coaching Ole Miss? Details of Why He Left for LSU
One of the most unusual storylines of the 2025 college football season is the fact that Lane Kiffin won’t be coaching Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff, even though the Rebels are competing in the CFP. That alone would be eyebrow-raising, but in this case, the context is extraordinary: Kiffin left Ole Miss days before the CFP run began to take the head coaching job at rival LSU, triggering a cascade of controversy and consequences that co…
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 …
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 …
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NolaThe legendary Nick Saban had a role to play in LSU’s pursuit of Lane Kiffin
It didn’t take long — three questions, to be exact — before Lane Kiffin was asked about the role his mentors, including Nick Saban, played in his decision to come to LSU.
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