Lane Kiffin became LSU’s head coach in November 2025, ushering in a new era of offensive innovation and championship expectations. This page tracks Lane Kiffin’s LSU Coaching Staff, Offensive system, recruiting efforts, roster development and the latest news and analysis.
Latest Lane Kiffin News and Analysis
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Lane Kiffin at LSU: Coaching Staff, Offensive System, Recruiting, Latest News
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LSU Wunderkind GM Billy Glasscock Is The State Of The Art In His Field
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Back in 2008, new LSU football general manager Billy Glasscock was 32 and the offensive coordinator at Arizona Western, a junior college in Yuma. And he decided to take the 3:10 (Out Of) Yuma, instead of (To), which is what the 2007 remake (with Russell Crowe) of the 1957…
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The Lane Kiffin Era Of Preseason Practice Begins Next Week, But Will Any Reporters Get To Watch?
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES LSU football players are scheduled to report for preseason practices on Tuesday, August 4 with the first day of practice the next day. Temperatures in Baton Rouge on August 5 are expected to be in the 90s as usual with a 20 percent chance of rain and a heat index high…
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LSU Football: Trey’Dez Green Calls Seemingly Ho-Hum Opener Vs. Clemson, “Wonderful, Magnificent”
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter LSU’s season opener at Clemson last season surely had much more buzz than this 2026 version so far. It was No. 9 LSU at No. 4 Clemson on Aug. 30, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in a stadium also called Death Valley. The fan bases and some media members…
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The Lane Kiffin Reset
The Lane Kiffin Reset | Tiger Rag LSU Football 2026 Season Guide The Lane Kiffin Reset LSU’s transformation extends far beyond the headset worn on Saturday afternoons. By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor Photo: LSU Athletics For more than a century, Tiger Stadium has been savage and sublime, a cauldron of noise…
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Lane Kiffin’s “Personal Changes Led To On-Field Success,” Says Former Coaching Partner Steve Sarkisian
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter When LSU hosts Texas in Tiger Stadium Nov. 14, it will not just be a homecoming for Longhorns quarterback and New Orleans native Arch Manning, it will also be a reunion between former coaching partners – LSU head coach Lane Kiffin and Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian. And…
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Lane Kiffin Gave Sneak Peek To His Portal-High School Recruiting Duality At SEC Media Days
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Although LSU’s 41-player transfer class in year one under Lane Kiffin may be an anomaly, expect the “Portal King” to continue his reign in Baton Rouge with likely smaller numbers. At Southeastern Conference Media Days, Kiffin gave some insight into how he plans to build his rosters in…
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LSU Football 2026: Lane Kiffin And Tigers Preview LSU’s First 9-Game SEC Schedule
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter LSU was picked to finish fifth on Friday in the Southeastern Conference media poll at the SEC Media Days in Tampa, Florida, behind No. 1 pick Georgia, Texas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. Georgia is the only team in the top four that LSU does not play. So,…
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LSU Football: Linebacker TJ Dottery Has Made Seamless Transition From Rebel To Tiger
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Lane Kiffin made sure to bring one of his defensive stars when he packed for LSU from Ole Miss — senior linebacker TJ Dottery. Dottery redshirted his freshman season at Clemson, and spent the last three years at Ole Miss. He led the Southeastern Conference with 98 tackles…
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Lane Kiffin Considering Holy Water For Game At Ole Miss On Sept. 19, Courtesy Of Nick Saban’s Wife Terry
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The New Orleans Saints famously called on voodoo priestess Ava Kay Jones to break the curse on their franchise in the playoffs before their Wild Card playoff against the St. Louis Rams on Dec. 30, 2000, in the Superdome. At the time, they were 0-for-3 in the postseason and…
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Meet Lane Kiffin And The Tigers On Saturday, Aug. 8, At LSU Indoor Facility
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES LSU fans will have an opportunity to meet new head coach Lane Kiffin, his staff and the entire football team on Saturday, August 8, as NILSU MAX will host a meet and greet at the LSU Indoor Football Facility. NILLSU MAX is LSU’s new, independent entity dedicated to identifying and securing NIL…
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SEC Media Days: Whit Weeks Wants To Bring Back LSU’s “Nasty Defense”
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Whit Weeks’ return to LSU for his senior season set the tone for Lane Kiffin’s roster rebuild. Weeks is a former first team All-Southeastern Conference player from 2024 and a preseason All-American selection last year. He could have easily gone into to the 2026 NFL Draft and cashed…
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Lane Kiffin Stopped Tweeting After Vanity Fair Article Hit, But He Says Now His Son Knox Deserves The Credit
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor As far as Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey is concerned, Knox Kiffin, age 17, is his Social Media MVP. LSU football coach Lane Kiffin’s son, who will be the starting quarterback for University High on the LSU campus this season, was the real signal caller when it came to…
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Lane Kiffin’s Complete Press Conference At SEC Media Days On Thursday
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES We have the complete press conference with LSU football coach Lane Kiffin on Thursday morning at the Southeastern Conference Media Days in the Marriott Tampa Water Street hotel. Everything Lane Kiffin said at main press conference today – minus the record 2,807 opening. The Gettysburg Address was only 272. But this…
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Lane Kiffin Filibuster At SEC Media Days Would Have Made Huey Long Proud
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Four questions. Four questions was all LSU football coach Lane Kiffin took during his primary press conference at his first Southeastern Conference Media Days as the Tigers’ coach at the Tampa Marriott Water Street main ballroom on Thursday morning. Four questions. This was because Kiffin skillfully staged a rambling…
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TODD HORNE: Lane Kiffin Didn’t Win SEC Media Days, He Revealed Why LSU Believes He’s Ready
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Every July, SEC Media Days produces its annual collection of predictions, clever one-liners and carefully rehearsed talking points. Coaches arrive hoping to survive two days of microphones without creating tomorrow’s controversy. By Labor Day, most of what is said has already been forgotten. What occasionally survives isn’t a quote. It’s…
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SEC Media Days: Ole Miss Coach Pete Golding Compares Lane Kiffin To An Ex-Wife Or Girlfriend
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor You could say head football coach Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss had a nasty divorce last winter. Kiffin took most of his older children – his offensive coaching staff – with him to his new job – or spouse – at LSU. He wanted to visit with the younger…
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Tiger Rag Radio: Inside SEC Media Days & The Firing of Ryan Clark
Locked On SEC Podcast host Chris Gordy gives his observations from SEC Media Days in Tampa, Florida, and previews LSU’s turn at the podium Thursday. We talk LSU baseball stars in the pros, and OutKick writer Dan Zaksheske reveals how he knew ESPN was firing former LSU standout Ryan Clark before he did. And why…
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SEC Media Days: Kirby Smart Trolls “Troll” Lane Kiffin By Calling Him “The Adonis Of College Football”
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin has been called a lot of things, particularly by dumped Ole Miss fans because he left them, and by overly dramatic national media members who seem to conveniently forget that several other coaches agreed to new jobs during the 2025 regular season. Kiffin…
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SEC Media Days: Lane Kiffin Doesn’t Arrive Until Thursday, But It Seems Like He’s Already There
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The arrival of LSU football coach Lane Kiffin is still two days away in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday for the Southeastern Conference Media Days. But his presence was in the air and on the podiums at the Tampa Marriott Water Street on Monday as the four-day talk fest began.…
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The Year LSU Changed Everything
The Year LSU Changed Everything | Tiger Rag Tiger Rag • July 2026 Cover Story The Year LSU Changed Everything Brian Kelly was fired. Scott Woodward was toppled. Wade Rousse assumed control. Verge Ausberry took command. Lane Kiffin arrived at the nation’s loudest stage. Will Wade returned from exile. In one season, LSU did not…
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LSU’s Revamped Offensive Line Will Be A Mix Of New Blood And Old Purple And Gold
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Next to wide receiver, the biggest restoration project that LSU coach Lane Kiffin and his staff broke ground on during the portal period last December and January was the offensive line. Kiffin brought in nine wide receivers for a position that will usually have three to five on the…
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SEC Media Days Starts Today, But The Star Of The Show Won’t Be There Until Thursday
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor There has been word that attendance at the Southeastern Conference Football Media Days will not be as high as it has been in recent years with the four-day gala of press conferences moving to Florida for the first time after years in the more sensible, centrally located Birmingham, Alabama,…
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Why LSU Football Coach Lane Kiffin Is The Yoda Of Ultra-Modern College Football Offenses
By GLENN GUILBEAU Tiger Rag Editor The nationally ranked offensive numbers produced by coach Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss from 2020-25 were constant through a parade of quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and offensive coordinators. Also constant was a very fast up tempo style, tempered by effective run games with running backs and run-pass options with…
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LSU Football: No. 1 Wide Receiver Monshun Sales Commits To Home State Indiana As Expected
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES LSU football coach Lane Kiffin tried, but top wide receiver Monshun Sales of Indianapolis stayed in his home state and picked the other former offensive assistant of Nick Saban. Sales, who is the No. 1 wide receiver in the nation by 247sports.com and No. 2 by On3.com, committed to defending national…
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Lane Kiffin And The Good Life: LSU Coach’s Vacation Log Via Private Plane Perk Falls Under His Contract
By PIPER HUTCHINSON, Louisiana Illuminator/Tiger Rag Magazine LSU football coach Lane Kiffin took his family to Boca Raton, Florida, using his private airplane travel benefits at a cost of $40,000 to LSU donors, according to LSU Board of Supervisors documents. Kiffin’s employment contract allows him 65 hours of private air travel for personal use, a perk…
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LSU Football: Here Are 5 Candidates To Be Breakout Players For The Tigers In 2026
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter There are plenty of players to choose from for a high five selection of projected breakout players on the 2026 LSU football team, particularly when you consider new coach Lane Kiffin signed the No. 1 portal class in the nation in January with 41 players. Here is our…
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Lane Kiffin Much Different Than Expected, Says LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette On Tiger Rag Radio
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor – An introvert. – Aloof. – Doesn’t always connect well with his players. That is how new LSU football coach Lane Kiffin has been described throughout his coaching career by media members, media relations officials and other coaches. “I’m still learning and getting to know him,” LSU associate athletic…
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LSU Football By The Numbers: 10 Digits That Will Define The 2026 Season
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter This is your paint-by-numbers guide for LSU’s 2026 football season. 59.26% That is the percentage of the LSU roster that was not on the team last year — 64 of the 108 total players. There are five returning starters on offense, four on defense. This is a new…
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Where Do Rookie Pete Golding And Lane Kiffin Rank Among SEC Coaches – 1 Through 16? | Glenn Guilbeau
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Will the next Nick Saban please stand up! Saban has been gone for two seasons now, and it should come as no coincidence that suddenly the Southeastern Conference has fallen from grace. The Big Ten just means more and has taken over college football with three consecutive national championships…
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Tiger Rag Radio: LSU SEC Media Days Preview & LSU’s Biggest Wins of the MLB Draft
Entering his 27th season, Michael Bonnette has worked beside Nick Saban, Les Miles, Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly and now Lane Kiffin. That perspective gave unusual weight to what he said next. Here is the complete transcript of the show from YouTube. Tiger Rag apologizes for any AI generated mistakes: 0:00 Y’all ready? Y’all ready? Let’s…
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LSU Football: Lane Kiffin’s Portal Class Leads The Way With 8 On ESPN’s Top 100 List
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter LSU put the most football players on ESPN’s top 100 transfers list for the 2026 season with eight, including three in the top five. Redshirt junior quarterback Sam Leavitt of Arizona State leads LSU’s 41-player transfer class at No. 2 on the list, followed by former five-star junior…
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LSU Football Season Will Likely Swing On The Arm, Legs And Right Foot Of QB Sam Leavitt
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter The 2026 LSU Tigers will go as far as redshirt junior quarterback Sam Leavitt’s rightarm and legs can take them. Fortunately for Lane Kiffin and the Tigers, Leavitt was the No. 1 prospect in the transferportal and has a proven record of excelling in year one in a…
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Ole Miss Sour Grapes Update: Rebels Looking Into Lawsuit Vs. 2 Former Players Who Followed Lane Kiffin To LSU
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Almost two months out from LSU and Ole Miss’s highly anticipated Sept. 19 football matchup in Oxford, Mississippi, yet another battle between the Rebels and Tigers could be brewing off the field. Ole Miss Athletic Director Keith Carter said the university would be open to taking LSU defensive…
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Which Tigers Should Be At Media Days? Tiger Rag Endorses QB Sam Leavitt, OT Jordan Seaton, LB Whit Weeks
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The Southeastern Conference office is expected to name the three players from all 16 member football programs that will be attending SEC Media Days next Monday through Thursday in Tampa. LSU coach Lane Kiffin and three Tigers will appear before throngs of media on Thursday morning at the Marriott…
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LSU Football: Consider The Tigers’ Wide Receiver Room To Be Very Wide And Deep
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Lane Kiffin did not just reload the wide receiver room for his first season as LSU’s footbal coach, he went out and stacked up a completely new arsenal. Redshirt Freshman Phillip Wright III was the only returner from the 13 wide receivers on the 2025 roster. Kiffin welcomed…
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LSU Football May Have World Class TE Attack Via Trey’Dez Green And Kiffin&Weis Expertise
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter For Lane Kiffin’s offense to succeed in year one of the new LSU head coach, he’ll need consistent contribution from his tight end room. Lucky for him, that may just be the best position group on the Tigers’ roster. The Walter Camp Football Foundation seems to agree, naming…
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LSU Football: Get Ready For Tigers 1st Real Running Game Since 2019
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter LSU football coach Lane Kiffin will hope to revive a once-feared rushing attack in Baton Rouge in 2026. The first-year Tigers coach inherits last season’s leading ball carriers in junior Caden Durham and sophomore Harlem Berry, and he welcomes transfers Dilin Jones, Rod Gainey Jr., Raycine Guillory Jr.,…
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Lane Kiffin Laying Low Is Odd, National Writer Chris Low Tells Tiger Rag Radio
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor On3.com national college football writer Chris Low has known LSU coach Lane Kiffin since Kiffin’s first season in the Southeastern Conference as Tennessee’s head coach in 2009. And he’s never seen the 51-year-old Kiffin as he is now, Low said on Tiger Rag Radio on Tuesday night. Listen to…
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LSU Football: Lane Kiffin’s Quarterback Room Filled To The Brim With Talent Entering 2026 Season
By KACE KIEISCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Lane Kiffin welcomed a trio of new transfer quarterbacks to Baton Rouge this off-season. Redshirt junior Sam Leavitt leads the group as the No.1 ranked transfer prize in the Portal King’s class of 41 from the portal. Redshirt freshman USC transfer Husan Longstreet is a young, athletic talent…
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Tiger Rag Radio: Rebuilding LSU Athletics
On3.com (http://on3.com) ’s Glen West and Chris Low preview the first year under football coach Lane Kiffin and basketball coach Will Wade and how they’re building their rosters. We discuss realistic expectations for the Tigers and how LSU compares to national powerhouses.