{"id":56879,"date":"2025-11-22T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/56879\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T18:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:15:08","slug":"florida-and-ole-miss-reportedly-match-lsus-massive-offer-for-lane-kiffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/56879\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida and Ole Miss Reportedly Match LSU\u2019s Massive Offer for Lane Kiffin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The LSU Tigers are reportedly ready to make an offer north of $90 million to Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, including a sizeable budget for NIL deals and incentives, depending on how the team performs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">LSU fired Brian Kelly more than a month ago, marking one of the more expensive firings in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/college-football\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">college football<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Many people around the sport expected the Tigers to avoid another costly hire that would be pricey to move on from, but new accounts indicate that they are putting their chips in Kiffin&#8217;s basket. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RossDellenger\/status\/1992061396214071572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Yahoo Sports college football reporter\u00a0Ross Dellenger reported<\/a> that LSU has put its offer on the table for Kiffin in another step in its pursuit of his signature. <\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11092839\" alt=\"Lane Kiffin\" caption=\"ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JULY 14: Head coach Lane Kiffin of the Mississippi Rebels speaks onstage during the 2025 SEC Football Media Days at Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park on July 14, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images)\" credit=\"\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5195\" height=\"3519\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2225142155.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Kiffin is not only being courted by LSU. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/florida\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a> Gators, and Ole Miss \u2014 his current team \u2014 are also in the race to land the coach in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/james-franklin-breaks-silence-on-taking-virginia-tech-job-11062787\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Franklin Breaks Silence on Taking Virginia Tech Job<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/news\/florida-lsu-and-ole-miss-set-to-offer-in-13-million-per-year-range-to-lane-kiffin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to reporting from On3\u2019s Chris Low, Brett McMurphy, and Pete Nakos<\/a>, all three schools are offering a $13 million annual salary and $25 million in NIL investment to help recruit talent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">&#8220;Florida,\u00a0LSU\u00a0and\u00a0Ole Miss\u00a0are all expected to offer salary packages that would pay\u00a0Lane Kiffin\u00a0at least $13 million per year and approach the $14 million mark,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/news\/florida-lsu-and-ole-miss-set-to-offer-in-13-million-per-year-range-to-lane-kiffin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the On3 story read. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">&#8220;Florida, LSU and Ole Miss are all prepared to offer at least $25 million in\u00a0NIL\u00a0roster investment for Kiffin. How much each program can offer in roster funds has become a critical factor for Kiffin, who has built his current program at Ole Miss on an aggressive budget and transfer portal acquisition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/lsu-ready-to-make-lane-kiffin-one-of-college-footballs-highest-paid-coaches-11071834\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LSU Ready to Make Lane Kiffin One of College Football\u2019s Highest-Paid Coaches<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Kiffin is the talk of the town at the moment, especially with Ole Miss resting during the bye week before their game against Mississippi State. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">He is the biggest name on the coaching market, and with all the offers on the table, the time is coming for his decision as he weighs all of the factors involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Either he continues to build Ole Miss into a powerhouse that eventually earns the cache to sit alongside the other top dogs in the SEC, or he moves on to an established entity that has more natural resources at its disposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">For all the latest NCAA football news and rumors, head over to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The LSU Tigers are reportedly ready to make an offer north of $90 million to Ole Miss head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[143,28,30,29,16495,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-56879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-mississippi","13":"tag-ncaa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}