{"id":291652,"date":"2025-11-14T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/291652\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:50:09","slug":"will-lane-kiffin-leave-ole-miss-hc-linked-to-titans-amid-rumors-on-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/291652\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Lane Kiffin Leave Ole Miss? HC Linked to Titans Amid Rumors on Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin has drawn at least some interest from the Tennessee Titans for the team&#8217;s current head coaching vacancy, according to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6805641\/2025\/11\/14\/college-football-coaching-search-news-week-12\/?source=user_shared_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Bruce Feldman and Ralph D. Russo<\/a> of The Athletic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;One industry source said there was at least a modicum of interest in Kiffin among decision-makers with the Tennessee Titans,&#8221; Feldman and Russo reported Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Titans are looking for a new full-time coach after <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25252326-brian-callahan-fired-titans-hc-amid-1-5-record-start-cam-wards-rookie-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">firing<\/a> Brian Callahan following a 1-5 start to the 2025 season on Oct. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As for Kiffin, he&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25263008-lane-kiffin-reportedly-floridas-top-choice-next-hc-replace-billy-napier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0the top candidate for Florida&#8217;s opening at head coach as well. LSU and Penn State are also looking for new coaches to patrol the sidelines moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Rebels are focused on keeping him in place, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25261657-ole-miss-ad-eyes-new-lane-kiffin-contract-after-franklin-firing-cignetti-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">previously revealed<\/a>\u00a0that he&#8217;s being &#8220;proactive&#8221; regarding a new contract for Kiffin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">His $9 million salary for the 2025 season ranks No. 10 in the among all college coaches, according to\u00a0USA Today&#8217;s\u00a02025\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/ncaa\/salaries\/football\/coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">salary rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Feldman and Russo also reported Friday that &#8220;lines of communication are good between Kiffin and the administration&#8221; and the contract situation &#8220;seems to be trending in a positive direction for Rebels fans who would like to keep their coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 50-year-old is in the midst of his sixth year at Ole Miss, owning an overall record of 53-19 with the school. The Rebels have won at least 10 games in each of the past two years and have started off 9-1 this season, sitting at No. 7 in the latest College Football Playoff\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/collegefootballplayoff.com\/rankings.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Kiffin&#8217;s offense has also been explosive,\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/stats\/team\/_\/group\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ranking<\/a>\u00a0No. 2 in the SEC by averaging 489.4 total yards per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin has drawn at least some interest from the Tennessee Titans for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-291652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}