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Why LSU could turn to Lane Kiffin, Clark Lea or Kenny Dillingham to replace Brian Kelly
The Athletic has live updates on Brian Kelly’s firing at LSU. After a disappointing 3 1/2 seasons, Brian Kelly is out at LSU, making an already hefty coaching carousel even more crammed. Before Kelly fizzled out in Baton Rouge, the previous three Tigers head coaches all won national titles there. It’s arguably an even bigger job than the Penn State …
Read More »Big 12 puts five teams in AP Top 25, LSU drops out
The Big 12 has five teams in the Top 25 for the first time this season, Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in 88 years and LSU dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday following its third loss in four games. The top six was unchanged, with Ohio State holding the No. 1 spot for a ninth straight …
Read More »With Brian Kelly’s firing from LSU, college football’s coaching carousel is about to spin out of control
The coaching carousel of apocalyptic dreams is coming for college football, and the next six weeks are going to be a feeding frenzy unlike anything this business has ever experienced. If Penn State’s decision to fire James Franklin two weeks ago was a Roman candle exploding across the sky, LSU reportedly making its move on Brian Kelly on Sunday night …
Read More »LSU fires coach Brian Kelly in the 4th season of his 10-year, $100 million deal
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LSU has fired coach Brian Kelly during the fourth season of a 10-year contract worth about $100 million, athletic director Scott Woodward announced on Sunday night. The move comes on the heels of Saturday night’s 49-25 loss to No. 3 Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium — a second straight loss, and third in four games for …
Read More »LSU Athletics Announces Leadership Change in Football – LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU Athletics has made the decision to separate with football head coach Brian Kelly effective immediately, Director of Athletics Scott Woodward announced Sunday. Terms of the separation are still being negotiated. “When Coach Kelly arrived at LSU four years ago, we had high hopes that he would lead us to multiple SEC and national championships during …
Read More »LSU wanted its coach gone. It could cost them $54 million.
Another powerhouse college football program whose high expectations have gone awry has decided to fire its coach — and dole out potentially north of $50 million to make him go away. LSU has fired Brian Kelly midway through his fourth season after the Tigers, who harbored preseason ambitions of a deep College Football Playoff run, fell to 5-3, according to …
Read More »Sources: LSU fires coach Brian Kelly
LSU will not win a national title under coach Brian Kelly. The school kicked the 2025 coaching carousel into a higher gear as sources told Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger that Kelly would be fired after the team’s disastrous second-half performance in a 49-25 loss to Texas A&M. Kelly, who signed a 10-year, $100 million contract when he was hired ahead …
Read More »Brian Kelly, LSU in standoff as disagreement over staff changes leaves future murky: Sources
Less than 24 hours after LSU was embarrassed by Texas A&M in a 49-25 home loss, two program sources told The Athletic embattled Tigers head football coach Brian Kelly might have coached his last game in Baton Rouge. Conversations are ongoing among Tigers leadership and power brokers that include the state’s governor, Jeff Landry, to assess an immediate path forward …
Read More »LSU Discussing Brian Kelly’s Potential Departure After 5–3 Start
Could LSU become the latest college football program to part ways with their head coach in 2025? Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, LSU is reportedly in discussions about head coach Brian Kelly’s future, conversations that include “outreach to Kelly about his potential departure.” If the Tigers were to fire Kelly, the program would owe him $54 million in buyout money. The …
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