Lane Kiffin’s decision looms over the last and best week of college football. Justin Ford / Getty
The Athletic has live updates of Lane Kiffin’s decision between Ole Miss and LSU.
Lane Kiffin’s decision — will he stay at Ole Miss or accept the LSU head coaching job? — has loomed over the last week of the college football regular season. Kiffin is expected to announce his decision at some point today.
And LSU sources Saturday morning are “very confident” that Kiffin is going to accept the Tigers’ offer to take over, The Athletic has learned.
“I talked to LSU sources this morning, and they are very confident that Lane Kiffin is going to come to Baton Rouge and accept this job.” @BruceFeldmanCFB gives the latest update on Lane Kiffin’s future ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/qP570FgjHp
— Big Noon Kickoff (@BNKonFOX) November 29, 2025
LSU has offered Kiffin a seven-year contract in the neighborhood of $100 million, sources familiar with the deal told The Athletic earlier this week.
Ole Miss has done everything it can to keep the 50-year-old Kiffin; there is also an emotional component to the decision, as Ole Miss wrapped up its best regular season ever to go 11-1 and assuredly make the College Football Playoff. Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said in a statement last week that the two have had “many pointed and positive conversations,” but Kiffin has kept his thoughts close to the vest. Kiffin was also a top target in the Florida search, but as The Athletic reported Friday morning, the Gators have moved on to other candidates, a sign that Kiffin might have narrowed his decision between the Rebels and the Tigers.
LSU sources believe the lure of taking over a program that has won three national titles under three different head coaches in the past 20 years, along with the potential to physically go toe-to-toe with Alabama and Georgia, will be too tempting for Kiffin to pass up.
Nov 29, 2025
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