Cory Woodroof, For The WinSun, November 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM UTC·1 min readSaturday evening kept rolling without college football fans getting any major news on Lane Kiffin's future at Ole Miss. What gives? Is he staying in Oxford, or is he going to LSU?
As of Saturday night, LSU officials believe they have Lane Kiffin's commitment will be the school's next head coach, according to Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHowever, Dellenger reported that Kiffing wanting to stay at Ole Miss to coach through the College Football Playoff is the big issue keeping the coach from finalizing a $90 million-plus deal with LSU.
That's probably what's preventing a decision from being made right now: Kiffin's desire to stay with Ole Miss until the team's season is formally over. He needs Ole Miss to sign off on that plan; they clearly haven't yet.
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Kiffin met with Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter and chancellor Glenn Boyce on Saturday for more than three hours, but a final decision was not reached after that meeting.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhile it's possible Kiffin could have a change of heart and stick with Ole Miss at the last second, all signs right now point to Kiffin coaching at LSU in 2026.
It's seemingly just a matter of if Kiffin will finish out Ole Miss' 2025 season or not... and if we'll actually find out what's happening on Saturday night.
Somebody let ESPN's Marty Smith know of Kiffin's decision soon, at least... or give Juice Kiffin a cookie.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Lane Kiffin news: Why a decision likely hasn't been made just yet
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