Head coaches address the college football season ahead at SEC Media Days 2025

ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR. OUR FIRST AS A 16 MEMBER. WHAT I THINK IS A SUPER CONFERENCE FOR ALL OF THOSE. YOU LIKE TO SPECULATE ABOUT SUPER CONFERENCES. WELCOME TO ONE. WELL, IF THAT DOESN’T TELL YOU, SEC MEDIA DAYS IS HERE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL. DAY ONE IN THE BOOKS IN ATLANTA? NO ALABAMA OR AUBURN TODAY. BUT DON’T WORRY, THERE’S STILL A PART OF THE CONVERSATION FOR AUBURN. SOME OF IT HAD TO DO WITH HUGH FREEZE’S GOLF GAME, AS LANE KIFFIN WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS TWEETS DIRECTED AT FREEZE. I HAVE A THING WITH HIM GOING BACK A FEW YEARS AGO AND HE LIKE, POSTED A PICTURE, LIKE IN RESPONSE TO ME OF LIKE SOME 2 POUND BASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I’VE KIND OF ALWAYS POSTED BIGGER FISH PICTURES BACK TOWARDS HIM. SO THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS GOLF GAME, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE HE’S DOING AMAZING AT THAT. SO THAT’S GREAT FOR HIM. KIFFIN ALSO MENTIONED HE LIKES FREEZE AND THAT HIS FISHING THIS WEEK WAS DURING A DEAD PERIOD. TALKING SEASON IS IN FULL EFFECT WITH THAT ONE. ALABAMA DIDN’T GO WITHOUT SOME MENTIONS AS WELL. LSU’S BRIAN KELLY WAS ASKED ABOUT PREPARING FOR A SABAN COACHED TEAM TO A DEBOER COACHED TEAM. WHAT? HE SAYS THERE’S A BIG AREA THAT’S REMAINED THE SAME. ALABAMA HAS BEEN THE MOST PHYSICAL TEAM THAT I’VE GONE AGAINST AS A HEAD COACH. THEY SHOWED THAT AND DISPLAYED THAT AGAINST US LAST YEAR. THAT’S WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPGRADE THERE, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE. WE FELT LIKE WE GOT PUSHED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, SO BIG PRAISE FROM KELLY. TIDE HAVE LSU AT HOME THIS YEAR. THAT GAME, SET FOR NOVEMBER 8TH. NOW TOMORROW IT’S AUBURN ON THE CLOCK AT MEDIA DAYS. ALABAMA GETS THINGS GOING. ON WEDNESDAY I’M HEADED TO ATLANTA AND WE’LL HAV

Head coaches address the college football season ahead at SEC Media Days 2025

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Updated: 11:58 PM CDT Jul 14, 2025

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SEC Media Days are underway, with coaches and players from all 16 SEC schools ready to kickstart the 2025-2026 college football season.This is the third time since 2018 that Atlanta has hosted the SEC’s preseason media extravaganza.You can watch each head coach address the season ahead and more below. The schedule is as follows:Monday, July 14LSU – Brian KellyOle Miss – Lane KiffinSouth Carolina – Shane Beamer Tuesday, July 15Auburn – Hugh FreezeGeorgia – Kirby SmartTennessee – Josh HeupelTexas – Steve SarkisianWednesday, July 16Alabama – Kalen DeBoerFlorida – Billy NapierMississippi State – Jeff LebbyOklahoma – Brent VenablesThursday, July 17Arkansas – Sam PittmanKentucky – Mark StoopsMissouri – Eliah DrinkwitzTexas A&M – Mike Elko

ATLANTA —

SEC Media Days are underway, with coaches and players from all 16 SEC schools ready to kickstart the 2025-2026 college football season.

This is the third time since 2018 that Atlanta has hosted the SEC’s preseason media extravaganza.

You can watch each head coach address the season ahead and more below. The schedule is as follows:

Monday, July 14LSU – Brian Kelly

Ole Miss – Lane Kiffin

South Carolina – Shane Beamer
Tuesday, July 15Auburn – Hugh FreezeGeorgia – Kirby SmartTennessee – Josh HeupelTexas – Steve SarkisianWednesday, July 16Alabama – Kalen DeBoerFlorida – Billy NapierMississippi State – Jeff LebbyOklahoma – Brent VenablesThursday, July 17Arkansas – Sam PittmanKentucky – Mark StoopsMissouri – Eliah DrinkwitzTexas A&M – Mike Elko