{"id":253483,"date":"2025-10-26T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/253483\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:52:08","slug":"lsu-negotiating-brian-kellys-potential-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/253483\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU negotiating Brian Kelly\u2019s potential departure"},"content":{"rendered":"

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – It perhaps seemed like an insurmountable financial task, but it appears LSU might be ready to move on from head football coach Brian Kelly.<\/p>\n

Several national sports outlets report, and sources close to the situation tell WAFB-TV Sports that Kelly\u2019s standing with the Tigers took a big turn for the worse following LSU\u2019s 49-25 defeat to No. 3 Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium Saturday evening. Two competitive road losses at Ole Miss and Vanderbilt were one thing, but a national embarrassment and all of the optics that came with it were bad news for Kelly in his fourth season leading the program. An emergency meeting of the university\u2019s higher-ups was held Sunday afternoon to discuss the impending move, sources confirm.<\/p>\n

LSU is now in discussions and negotiations to move on from Kelly and the $54 million buyout they would owe him if he were fired. LSU obviously doesn\u2019t want to pay that number in its entirety, hoping for a compromise from Kelly, who just turned 64 years old Saturday.<\/p>\n

Kelly\u2019s record at LSU is 34-14 overall with a 19-10 mark in SEC play.<\/p>\n

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