{"id":910402,"date":"2026-06-05T06:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/910402\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:12:21","slug":"lsu-ad-lane-kiffin-would-have-gone-somewhere-else-if-school-waited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/910402\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU AD: Lane Kiffin Would Have Gone Somewhere Else If School Waited"},"content":{"rendered":"

The LSU Tigers<\/a> received criticism for hiring away Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss<\/a> before the Rebels made an appearance in the College Football<\/a> Playoff in December.<\/p>\n

Congress is looking into a bill called the Protect College Sports Act<\/a>, which has what\u2019s referred to as a \u201cLane Kiffin Rule\u201d that would prohibit coaches from flirting with other schools while their season is still going.<\/p>\n

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In response to a question from WAFB 9 about the \u201cLane Kiffin Rule\u201d earlier this week, LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry argued that the school needed to hire Kiffin when it did under the current calendar rules. If the Tigers didn\u2019t take the jump by stealing Kiffin from Ole Miss, another team would have.<\/p>\n

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Lane Kiffin speaks at a press conference as he is introduced as the new head football coach of the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on December 01, 2025 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Tyler Kaufman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\u201cI always tell people if we wouldn\u2019t have hired Lane Kiffin, somebody else would\u2019ve hired Lane Kiffin,\u201d\u00a0Ausberry said<\/a>. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the way the calendar works. It wasn\u2019t an LSU thing, it was the calendar. Don\u2019t knock Lane Kiffin for what happened. The calendar, when it came about, this is when you can move a coach, especially when the portal opens and recruiting opens, and signing day.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThose types of things that happened. Unless they change the calendar, we\u2019re going to always have this issue. You come up with a bill. Yes, the bill\u2019s 111 pages. We\u2019re still going through every part of that bill to see what it does for us and what it does, the good and the bad of the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kiffin wanted to remain with the Rebels after choosing to become the next head coach of the Tigers. He liked what LSU had to offer in terms of resources to consistently compete for the national championship.<\/p>\n

Based on Ausberry\u2019s comments, it appears Kiffin was ready to jump ship amid Ole Miss\u2019 CFP run, regardless of whether the LSU job was open.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear who Ausberry thought would chase Kiffin if they didn\u2019t make the hire before the CFP. LSU was the top job available in the hiring cycle. Florida<\/a> was never seriously in the race for Kiffin when the LSU gig opened up.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers could have waited, though it wouldn\u2019t have been ideal from a recruiting perspective.<\/p>\n

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