Lane Kiffin brings Ed Orgeron back to LSU football staff
Coach O is back. LSU football coach Lane Kiffin is hiring Ed Orgeron to his staff as a sepcial assistant in recruiting and defense.
BATON ROUGE – Coach O is back. LSU footbal l coach Lane Kiffin is hiring Ed Orgeron to his staff, sources within the program confirmed to The Daily Advertiser on Wednesday night. Kiffin is bringing Orgeron in as a special assistant in recruiting and defense, sources said.
EXCLUSIVE: Lane Kiffin battles being the villain. He's plotting LSU hero move Orgeron is a former head coach of the Tigers that guided them to the 2019 national championship and coached arguably college football's greatest offense of all-time that featured quarterback Joe Burrow. Coach O was fired less than two years after winning the title as LSU went 11-11 over the next two seasons.
Over five-plus seasons, Orgeron had a 51-20 record as the Tigers' head coach. Last year in an ESPN radio interview after LSU fired Brian Kelly, Orgeron was asked if he'd be game for a return LSU and he said he would. "I'd love to, you kidding me?
" Orgeron said. "I'm one phone call away. " When asked if he'd consider joining Kiffin's staff, he said he would.