Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers are hiring Auburn’s Heath Dedeaux as an offensive analyst for the 2026 season, according to 104.5 ESPN’s Matt Moscona.
Dedeaux recently spent the last two seasons on The Plains under Hugh Freeze at Auburn where he will now make his move to Baton Rouge after serving as offensive skill quality control.
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Prior to his time with the Auburn Tigers, Dedeaux was a graduate assistant for Kiffin at Ole Miss where the two will now reunite in the Bayou State for his inaugural season as the shot-caller of the LSU Tigers.
LSU has retooled the program from the top down this offseason with a new-look roster, redesigned coaching staff, and more with the Bayou Bengals eyeing a fresh start under new leadership with Kiffin at the helm.
In what has been a chaotic stretch for the program, Kiffin and Co. reconstructed the roster entirely with over 50 newcomers inking deals with the program – including nine Top-100 additions.
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“I think talent-wise, probably is. A lot of that too is also the numbers,” Kiffin said when asked if it was the best portal class ever. The volume helps when I make that statement. I think, over time, in general, volume’s gone up because as the system evolved.
“It’s really created a system that makes players go in and like I said in the beginning, when it was first created, at least now there’s only one window. You basically had created a system that was two times a year as a player, so I don’t blame them.”
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The Top-100 Signees:
– No. 1: QB Sam Leavitt
– No. 4: OL Jordan Seaton
– No. 5: EDGE Princewill Umanmielen
– No. 21: QB Husan Longstreet
– No. 40: S Ty Benefield
– No. 55: WR Eugene Wilson
– No. 59: EDGE Jordan Ross
– No. 79: IOL Devin Harper
– No. 95: WR Jayce Brown
Courtesy of Ty Benefield’s Instagram.
The Full 2026 Schedule:
Week 1: Clemson
Week 2: Louisiana Tech
Week 3: at Ole Miss
Week 4: Texas A&M
Week 5: McNeese State
Week 6: at Kentucky
Week 7: Mississippi State
Week 8: at Auburn
Week 9: Open Date
Week 10: Alabama
Week 11: Texas
Week 12: at Tennessee
Week 13: at Arkansas
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This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/lsu as LSU Football Hires SEC Assistant To Join Lane Kiffin’s Staff Amid Pivotal Offseason.