Artificial intelligence \u2014 otherwise known as AI \u2014 has already taken over many different aspects of modern life, influencing everything from business to entertainment. Could college football be next?<\/p>\n
Former LSU<\/a> and Notre Dame<\/a> head coach Brian Kelly<\/a> certainly thinks so. In fact, in the six months since his Oct. 26 firing after 3 1\/2 seasons leading the Tigers, the 64-year-old Kelly has turned to AI to help him prepare for his next head coaching opportunity within the ever-evolving college football landscape.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery day, I\u2019m trying to do my due diligence using Claude and AI, asking questions to build some of those answers that I think can be helpful for me as I get in front of an athletic director,\u201d Kelly said Tuesday during a conversation with USA Today\u2018s John Brice and Blake Toppmeyer<\/a>. <\/p>\n Claude is a next-generation AI assistant online chatbot powered by Anthropic, one of the nation\u2019s leading artificial intelligence companies, that is trained using \u201cConstitutional AI\u201d to be safe, accurate, and secure, according to its website. It can process large amounts of information found online for the purpose of brainstorming ideas, helping clients understand complicated subjects, and even coaching people like Kelly through difficult situations \u2014 in this particular case, preparing Kelly for his next job interview.<\/p>\n While he knows the art of coaching can never be fully automated by AI, Kelly said he expects it could develop into a vital tool that collegiate coaches can and will utilize as the sport continues to evolve, especially in the ever-changing world of NIL, revenue-sharing, and the transfer portal.<\/p>\n \u201cClaude, as you know, is probably a little bit better in predicting some of the things outside the lines, whereas ChatGPT is much more driven right down the center. But there\u2019s some interesting things that I\u2019ve laid down relative to recruiting, profiling, transfer portal, there\u2019s a lot of work you can do,\u201d Kelly told USA Today<\/a>. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s going to have to be part of the next iteration in coaching. You\u2019re going to have to utilize those tools. Now, look, it\u2019s not going to take over everything. Balls and strikes are here to stay in Major League Baseball. But it\u2019s not taking over the game, I think it\u2019s enhancing it. And I think AI, used the right way, and understanding how to use it, can enhance the experience for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n Following his firing at LSU midway through the 2025 season, Kelly is facing his first college football season out of coaching since his first season at Grand Valley State in 1991. Kelly remains among the Top 10 winningest head coaches in college football with 297 wins across all levels, including 182 wins in Division I. Kelly was fired Oct. 26, 2025, after going 34-14 in three and a half years at LSU with no College Football Playoff appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence \u2014 otherwise known as AI \u2014 has already taken over many different aspects of modern life,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[130266,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-627437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-brian-kelly-79-st-johns-preparatory-school","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627437","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=627437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}