Lane Kiffin Leaves Ole Miss On Brink Of Its First College Football Playoff For Lsu

College football’s strangest saga of nan play is yet over.

Ole Miss Rebels caput coach Lane Kiffin will return nan aforesaid occupation pinch nan LSU Tigers, he announced Sunday, leaving nan seventh-ranked squad successful nan federation for its convention rival.

“After a batch of dream and clip spent pinch family, I made nan difficult determination to judge nan caput coaching position astatine LSU,” Kiffin wrote successful a societal media post.

The Tigers’ occupation became disposable aft nan schoolhouse fired Brian Kelly successful October. Kiffin instantly became nan most-mentioned sanction successful rumors to return over, contempt nan Rebels being successful nan midst of a playoff run.

Ole Miss reportedly gave Kiffin an ultimatum to make his determination by this weekend, though nan coach denied nan report. One logic for nan hold successful Kiffin’s determination was his desire to coach nan Rebels done nan extremity of nan season.

“I was hoping to complete a historical six-season tally pinch this year’s squad by starring Ole Miss done nan playoffs, capitalizing connected nan team’s unthinkable occurrence and their committedness to decorativeness strong, and investing everything into a playoff tally pinch guardrails successful spot to protect nan programme successful immoderate areas of concern,” Kiffin said successful his statement. “My petition to do truthful was denied by Keith Carter contempt nan squad besides asking him to let maine to support coaching them truthful they could amended support their precocious level of performance.”

Kiffin, 50, has been nary alien to contention during his coaching career.

In 2008, he was fired aft a small complete 1 play pinch nan NFL’s then-Oakland Raiders, pinch then-team proprietor Al Davis calling Kiffin a “flat-out liar.”

In 2010, aft only 1 play arsenic nan caput coach of nan Tennessee Volunteers, Kiffin near nan programme to return nan caput occupation pinch nan USC Trojans.

In 2013, little than 4 seasons into his tenure pinch nan Trojans, Kiffin was fired connected nan tarmac of Los Angeles International Airport aft posting a 28-15 grounds successful 43 games.

Kiffin recovered sustained occurrence pinch Ole Miss, however. Through this season, he led nan squad to a 55-19 record, including a top-10 decorativeness successful 2023 and 3 vessel wins.

Rebels protect coordinator Pete Golding has been named nan team’s caller caput coach, according to aggregate reports.