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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Lane Kiffin: Vanity Fair Writer Explains What Led To Kiffin Discussing Ole Miss Racial Image Issue
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Vanity Fair writer Chris Smith’s time in Baton Rouge last month to interview new LSU football coach Lane Kiffin started at the iconic Poor Boy Lloyd’s restaurant on Florida […]
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Lane Kiffin’s Vanity Fair Problem Wasn’t That He Lied, It’s That Ole Miss Heard Him Tell the Truth
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR A few weeks ago, a Vanity Fair writer (Chris Smith) walked into a South Louisiana poboy shop and found a copy of Tiger Rag’s Money Issue. Not online. Not pushed […]
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Tiger Rag Radio: LSU Baseball makes the wrong kind of history. Lane Kiffin makes news
On the May 12th edition of Tiger Rag Radio, Host Jeff Palermo and Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau discuss what went wrong with LSU baseball in 2026. Vanity Fair Reporter Chris Smith talks with the guys about […]
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Lane Kiffin Amends His Comments About Racial Background Of Ole Miss
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Upon further review, LSU football coach Lane Kiffin tried to clarify his comments regarding the Ole Miss Rebels’ troubled racial image that was a small part of an exploding […]
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Lane Kiffin Feature Writer Chris Smith To Be On Tiger Rag Radio Tuesday Night
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Just about everything he touches goes viral. LSU football coach Lane Kiffin has been trending for most of Monday after a feature on him in Vanity Fair magazine by […]
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Lane Kiffin Graces Cover Of “Vanity Fair,” Which Takes Deep Dive On Rock Star LSU Football Coach
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Lane Kiffin has been LSU’s football coach since Nov. 30, 2025, and he had done zero one-on-one interviews nationally or locally. There were several press conferences and speaking engagements […]
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Lane Kiffin Tweets: It May Be The Off-Season, But LSU’s Twitter King Remains Active
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU left tackle Jordan Seaton is swiftly becoming one of the Tigers’ most popular player as the No. 1-ranked tackle in the portal when he signed with LSU in […]
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Brian Kelly’s TV Job Puts LSU Buyout, Offset Language and Lane Kiffin Era in Sharper Focus
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Brian Kelly is on television now, and in a strange way, that may be the cleanest image of how his LSU story ended. Not bitter. Not dramatic. Not surprising. Just […]
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JIM ENGSTER: Great Expectations for New Kids in Town
Will Wade’s motivation to return to the scene of his greatest accomplishment and worst defeat was a desire to come home. He was the toast of TigerTown in 2019 when he was exposed as a […]
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Lane Kiffin Is Running LSU Like An NFL Team Because College Football Has Left Him No Other Choice | TODD HORNE
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR The final scrimmage was closed. The larger message was not. Lane Kiffin ended LSU’s spring football calendar Tuesday the way he has conducted most of his first months in Baton […]
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Tiger Rag Radio Podcast: LSU Spring Football Wraps Up-But So Does LSU Baseball
In hour one, the crew speaks with former LSU star pitcher Anthony Ranaudo to discuss LSU baseball’s latest struggles. In hour two, Tiger Rag Radio goes down memory lane with the legendary Warren Morris […]
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WATCH: Lane Kiffin Press Conference – April 21
Tiger Rag News Services Head coach Lane Kiffin addressed the media following LSU’s 13th spring practice. The Tigers will wrap up spring football later this week before taking a short break ahead of summer practices. […]
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Tiger Rag Radio Podcast: LSU Baseball Back Up Against The Warning Track | Kent Lowe On Will Wade
In hour one, Tiger Rag Radio speaks with former LSU baseball star Ryan Theriot about the Tigers’ recent struggles. To open hour two, the crew talks with LSU men’s basketball Sports Information Director Kent Lowe […]
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Tiger Rag Radio Podcast: Will Wade & Kim Mulkey Portal Days Underway
Hour one features former LSU head coach John Brady, who joins the show to discuss the hiring of Will Wade and what he expects in Wade’s second stint in Baton Rouge. The Advocate’s Reed Darcey […]
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Tiger Rag Radio Podcast: LSU’s New Era Of Pressure
In hour one, Tiger Rag Radio visits with th SEC Network’s Peter Burns to discuss new men’s basketball coach Will Wade’s electric introductory press conference and his expectations for year one in Baton Rouge. Burns […]
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Tiger Rag Radio Podcast: Lane Kiffin Lighting The Fire | Kim Mulkey Turning Up The Heat
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES In hour one Tuesday night, Tiger Rag Radio visits with LSU Radio Network football sideline reporter Gordy Rush – Guaranty Media vice-president/general manager – to break down the opening of the […]
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Lane Kiffin’s First LSU Spring Practice Sends Clear Message: This Is a Long Way From a Finished Product | TODD HORNE
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Lane Kiffin didn’t walk onto the practice field Tuesday trying to sell anything. Not hype. Not hope. Not a quick fix. He told you exactly what this is. “This is […]
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Lane Kiffin Press Conference – March 24
Tiger Rag News Services A new chapter begins for LSU football as spring practice officially gets underway. Head coach Lane Kiffin kicks off the Tigers’ 2026 campaign with the first set of drills, signaling the […]
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Why LSU Is Spending Big on Kim Mulkey — and Why the Deficit Doesn’t Matter
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR LSU’s annual women’s basketball deficit—roughly $8 million—has drawn scrutiny ever since head coach Kim Mulkey inked a $3.35 million salary following the Tigers’ 2023 national championship. But athletic director Verge […]
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Baton Rouge’s Historically Funny Gridiron Show Will Showcase Lane Kiffin And Kim Mulkey Skits
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Who can forget the time USA Today Louisiana political reporter Mike Hasten became Ozzy Osbourne at Baton Rouge’s hilarious, Saturday Night Live-like “Gridiron Show?” With a long, black-haired wig, […]
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Lane Kiffin Tweets: LSU King Rolls At St. Patrick’s Parade, Raps With Boosie “Under The Overpass”
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU football coach Lane Kiffin had another eventful Saturday in Baton Rouge over the weekend, and there was nary a football game to be found. Kiffin rode on a […]
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Tiger Rag Exclusive: LSU AD Verge Ausberry On Projected Budget Deficits And Behind The Scenes With Lane Kiffin
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor New LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry sat down with Tiger Rag vice president/executive editor Todd Horne and editor Glenn Guilbeau recently in his office for a lengthy interview on […]
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Lane Kiffin Goes From King Of Portal To A Near King Of Mardi Gras At Endymion Over Weekend
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Former LSU football coach Les Miles had to win the national championship at LSU in the 2007 season before he could just ride in a Mardi Gras parade in […]
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Lane Kiffin Still Has Much To Learn About Down Here – His 1st Spring Drills To Clash With Jazz Fest
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU football coach Lane Kiffin is a quick study. And he has been catching on swiftly to how things are down here in South Louisiana. He even has a […]
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Portal King Pairing For The Ages? Lane Kiffin And Jay Johnson Finally Exchange Pleasantries
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson loves football. His dad Jerry was the football coach at Oroville High in Oroville, California, where Jay grew up. Johnson, who won his second […]
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Lane Kiffin Hires Former LSU LB Greg Penn As Analyst
GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor There is a lot of new around new LSU football coach Lane Kiffin. He signed 41 players out of the NCAA Transfer Portal – the most in the coaching career […]
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Lane Kiffin Has A Work Ethic And Philosophy About Salaries That Brian Kelly Did Not Share | Glenn Guilbeau
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Lane Kiffin spoke for only about 30 minutes last Wednesday in his first press conference since being introduced as LSU’s new football coach on Dec. 1 at the Tiger […]
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Lane Kiffin Sounds Like A Tourist At LSU, And It Wasn’t Just NIL Cash That Got That No. 1 Portal Class
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin really is new to Baton Rouge. So much so that he often sounds and tweets like a tourist on vacation. A hashtag on […]
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TODD HORNE | Lane Kiffin’s Relentless Grind: In a Freezing Baton Rouge, LSU’s New Coach is Already Burning the Midnight (and Dawn) Oil
By TODD HORNE, Executive Editor Baton Rouge has been locked in an unusual February deep freeze this year — nights dipping into the 20s, mornings that bite, practice fields rimed with frost. Death Valley feels […]
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Lane Kiffin Is Not A Yes Man When It Comes To “No” In Recruiting | Glenn Guilbeau Column
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor When it comes to recruiting for LSU coach Lane Kiffin, “No” means it’s time to schedule a flight. And fast. That is what the first-year Tigers’ coach did when […]
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Lane Kiffin Says He Had To Dramatically Gut LSU’s 2025 Roster Because “We Don’t Have Magic Dust”
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin held his first press conference on Wednesday afternoon since his introduction on Dec. 1, and he explained his flurry of roster activity over […]
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Giving Lane Kiffin’s 1st LSU Signing Class A Hard Look | Analysis
By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin had some anxious moments, but he managed to retain the Tigers’ top commitments last week in No. 1 overall prospect Lamar Brown […]
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Lane Kiffin Hires Recruiting Ace As D-Line Coach; Blake Baker To Make $9.3 Million Over 3 Years
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Remember that Texas A&M signing class of 2022? It was a consensus No. 1 class in the country, and some over-caffeinated recruiting experts called it possibly the greatest recruiting […]
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No. 1 Player In The Land Lamar Brown Signs With LSU As Lane Kiffin Tops Off 1st Work Week
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin gave up drinking several years ago. But he should have at least had a non-alcohol beer Friday night. Because TGIF (Thank God It’s […]
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Lane Kiffin Shooting To Wrap Early Signing Period With A Flourish By Inking Lamar Brown
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin could have walked from his office over to University High’s practice field this week to watch the Cubs and defensive lineman Lamar Brown […]
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Lane Kiffin Hires Offensive Line Coach In Midst Of Signing Day As GM Austin Thomas Departs
GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor As the LSU Nation sweated out National Signing Day Part I on Wednesday with new coach Lane Kiffin securing five-star, No. 1 defensive tackle Richard Anderson from New Orleans, he […]
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Oklahoma WR Commit Brayden Allen Flips To Lane Kiffin Amid “A Lot Of Stuff Going On”
By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Lafayette Christian Academy wide receiver Brayden Allen’s wild ride ended at 7:42 a.m. Wednesday at his school. A three-star prospect and the No. 75 wide receiver in the […]
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Lane Kiffin Puts Out 1st Fire As LSU Coach, Signs Nation’s No. 1 DT – Richard Anderson
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Damage control – it’s an art form for the best college football coaches. On Night Three of the Lane Kiffin era at LSU on Tuesday, he put out a […]
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LSU National Early Signing Day 2025: New Coach Lane Kiffin Makes Mark – Constant Updates Here
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The biggest LSU football signing since Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin flipped and signed a seven-year, $91 million contract with LSU last Saturday and left Ole Miss on Sunday […]
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National Signing Day Preview: Lane Kiffin Prepares for His First Signing Day with LSU
By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, TIGER RAG STAFF Writer LSU head coach Lane Kiffin was just hired on Sunday. His job has not stopped since, as he works to salvage the Tigers’ 2026 recruiting class. Key Commitments Kiffin has […]