Ole Miss adds Patrick Kelly – son of former LSU coach Brian Kelly – to football staff
OXFORD – Patrick Kelly – the son of former LSU head coach Brian Kelly – has been added to Ole Miss’ staff as assistant director of football support, according to his bio on X. Kelly was most recently the football support and operations coordinator on his father’s staff in 2025. On3’s Pete Nakos first reported Kelly’s hire.
Kelly is the third member of last year’s LSU staff to join Pete Golding’s first staff at Ole Miss, as the Rebels also hired Frank Wilson to be running backs coach and Austin Thomas as president of football operations/general manager. Brian Kelly was fired after eight games in 2025, his fourth season leading the Tigers. Wilson was the interim coach the remainder of the season for LSU, which finished the year 7-6.
The Tigers hired former Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin in late November and elevated Golding from defensive coordinator to permanent head coach. Offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. and running backs coach Kevin Smith were among the coaches who stayed on through the Rebels’ College Football Playoff run before joining Kiffin at LSU.
Tight ends coach Joe Cox, linebackers coach Chris Kiffin, wide receivers coach George McDonald, Weis and Smith were among the 20 combined coaches or support staff members that followed Kiffin to LSU. Ole Miss hosts LSU on Sept. 19 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.