LSU · Lane Kiffin (1st season at LSU)
Lane Kiffin
0–0 current-season record · Southeastern Conference
- Term
- 2025-11-30 → 2032-12-31
- Annual salary
- $13,000,000
- Total value
- $91,000,000
- Guarantee remaining
- Not published
- Offset mitigation
- No offset / mitigation
- Contract record
- Through Sep 7, 2026
Buyout:
Fired without cause: 80% of remaining salary with NO offset. Athletic reported buyout after the 2026 season starts at $62.4M. Coach leave-for-job: $7M through 2026-12-31, declining ~$1M per year to $1.5M in 2031. LSU paid Kiffin's $3M Ole Miss exit.
Seven-year, $91M term sheet released Dec. 1, 2025. Automatic escalator to become the nation's highest-paid coach if LSU wins a national title. No mitigation/offset if fired.
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