LSU is predicted to rent Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss on Sunday with a profitable supply to make him one of many highest-paid coaches within the sport, ESPN reported early Sunday morning.
Kiffin had stated that he would determine on Saturday whether or not to remain in Oxford, Miss., or settle for one other supply for the 2026 season, however no announcement got here. Each ESPN and The Athletic reported that Kiffin will meet with Ole Miss gamers at 10 a.m. ET adopted by an announcement along with his choice.
LSU reportedly has supplied Kiffin a seven-year deal price roughly $100 million. That may put his wage above that of Georgia’s Kirby Sensible, the highest-paid school coach at $13.3 million a 12 months, and signify a big improve over the $9 million Kiffin now makes, based on the USA In the present day coaches wage database.
Each studies stated LSU may be very assured Kiffin will probably be coming to Baton Rouge, La.
Kiffin, 50, has led the Rebels to an 11-1 file and a possible berth within the 12-team Faculty Soccer Playoff, whether or not he’s their coach or not. Ole Miss officers reportedly don’t desire Kiffin teaching the workforce for the playoffs, which begin Dec. 19, if he isn’t the coach in 2026.
Ole Miss missed a chance to play within the Southeastern Convention championship recreation in opposition to No. 4 Georgia when No. 10 Alabama held on to beat Auburn on Saturday night time.
In six seasons at Ole Miss, Kiffin has a 55-19 file (.743) that has attracted the eye and deep pockets of SEC rivals LSU and Florida — each of which fired their coaches in October.
Hypothesis over whether or not Kiffin will bounce to the Tigers or the Gators has reached soap-operatic proportions over the past month, however Kiffin promised to deliver the storyline to a conclusion on Saturday. He additionally claimed, as of Friday afternoon, to not know which faculty he’ll choose.
There are studies, nevertheless, that Florida has moved out of vary and has its eye on different candidates, working with the idea that Kiffin just isn’t as within the Gators because the Rebels or Tigers.
Greater than per week in the past, Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter gave Kiffin a Nov. 29 deadline to decide. Now that Kiffin has led the Rebels to the primary 11-win common season within the faculty’s 120 seasons, he has develop into an excellent hotter commodity. Carter and chancellor Glenn Boyce reportedly met on the chancellor’s dwelling in Oxford on Saturday with out a decision introduced.
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