Lane Kiffin has accepted the job as LSU’s 33rd head football coach.
Kiffin ended weeks of speculation on whether he’d leave Oxford for a rival Southeastern Conference program, two days after an Egg Bowl win over Mississippi State, which gave Ole Miss it’s first ever 11 win regular season in program history,
As of Sunday afternoon, Ole Miss has named Pete Golding as their permanent head coach while Kiffin, family and coaches will arrive in Baton Rouge on multiple planes.
Kiffin is reported to have been offered a LSU contract in the neighborhood of 100 million dollars for seven years.
In recent years, Kiffin has described LSU’s Tiger Stadium as a "great environment". He has also acknowledged the challenge of playing there against "elite players," stating that winning requires doing "a lot of things right".
More to come on this breaking story.
From his bio:
Lane Kiffin, 50, was born May 9, 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska, and played quarterback at Fresno State Bulldogs in the mid-1990s. After finishing college in 1998, he began climbing the coaching ranks — from assistant roles at Fresno State and Colorado State to NFL experience, and eventually to top college programs.
By 2005, Kiffin was the offensive coordinator at USC Trojans, crafting high-powered offenses during a period of dominance (with stars such as Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart). He then had stints as head coach of the Oakland Raiders (2007–08), Tennessee Volunteers (2009), and back to USC (2010–13) — though the latter tenure ended amid NCAA sanctions and institutional upheaval.
But his reinvented legacy came during his time at Alabama Crimson Tide (2014–2016) as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under legendary head coach Nick Saban. There he helped modernize one of the nation’s most storied programs with an offense both efficient and explosive — culminating in a national championship in 2015.
In December 2019, Kiffin became head coach at Ole Miss Rebels. In the years since, he has led Ole Miss to unprecedented success: multiple 10-win seasons (including the first-ever 11-win season in school history), top-10 national finishes, and consistently potent offenses.
As of 2025, his Ole Miss record stood at 55-19, making him one of the most successful coaches in the program’s modern era.
