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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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 […]
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Tiger Rag Radio: The Lane Train Makes Its Stop in Baton Rouge: Lane Kiffin
Tiger Rag Radio hosts Jeff Palermo, Todd Horne, Glenn Guilbeau and producer Andre Champagne talk about LSU’s new hiring of Lane Kiffin. Tiger Rag speaks with LSU Athletic Director Verge Ausberry, the man that made […]
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Lane Kiffin Just Called A Play For Ole Miss In Its Upcoming College Football Playoff Opener
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Who says Lane Kiffin is still not coaching the Ole Miss football team? Kiffin, who left Ole Miss to become LSU’s new head coach on Sunday, just sent Charlie […]
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TODD HORNE | A Perfect Marriage on the Bayou: Lane Kiffin, LSU, and the Return of Offensive Fire
On December 1, 2025, Lane Kiffin swaggered into the South Stadium Club wearing purple and gold like a man born for the role he was about to assume. At 50 years old, he didn’t simply […]
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The Lane Kiffin Effect: No. 11 Tight End Flips Commitment From Ole Miss To LSU
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Well, that didn’t take long. On just his second full day on the job, new LSU football coach Lane Kiffin may be making Ole Miss wish it let him […]
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Lane Kiffin “Is A Players’ Coach,” Says LSU Commitment Jalan Chapman, But Reopens His Recruitment
By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Offensive lineman Jalan Chapman of Warren Easton High in New Orleans has been committed to LSU since July of 2024, but apparently new LSU head football coach Lane […]
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LSU Football Report: Six of Lane Kiffin’s Assistants Officially Hired, But There May Be More With Blake Baker In Race for Tulane Head Coaching Job
By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, TIGER RAG STAFF Writer New LSU head coach Lane Kiffin brought six assistants with him to Baton Rouge to coach alongside him for the Tigers. The biggest name of them all is […]
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Lane Kiffin Really Liked One Selling Point In Particular From LSU AD Verge Ausberry
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor One of the obstacles LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry had to overcome before hiring Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin was the perception that many hands were all over the […]
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Lane Kiffin Knew LSU Was Right Choice When He Felt Himself Transforming Into … CAJUN MAN
GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Hollywood South may make a movie about all this. Call it “An American Cajun Werewolf In Baton Rouge: The Lane Kiffin Story,” with new LSU football coach Lane Kiffin as […]
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New LSU Coach Lane Kiffin Met Top Commitment Lamar Brown Just After Landing in Baton Rouge
By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter After hiring Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin just two full days before the early national signing period begins on Wednesday, LSU and Kiffin will have their hands full […]
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Lane Kiffin Signed $91 Million, 7-Year Contract Before LSU Delivered Him; Defensive Coordinator Blake Baker May Stay
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU will be picking up the tab for Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff and another buyout after taking its coach, Lane Kiffin, over the weekend. If No. […]
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TODD HORNE | LSU’s Bold Move, aka, Lane Kiffin’s Contract
LSU didn’t waste a single news cycle. One day the headlines were screaming about Brian Kelly’s $54 million buyout, the next they were drooling over Lane Kiffin’s new seven-year, $91 million term sheet that starts […]
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Lane Kiffin Takeover: New LSU Coach Greeted By Throngs Of Fans At Baton Rouge Airport
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor It was not quite the overflow swarm at the Tuscaloosa airport in January of 2007 that greeted new Alabama coach Nick Saban from the Miami Dolphins, but it was […]
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Lane Kiffin IS LSU’s NEXT FOOTBALL COACH As He Is Expected At LSU Press Conference Monday
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The Lane Train is coming to Baton Rouge … finally. After a coaching search that began on Oct. 26 with the firing of Brian Kelly, LSU has its man […]