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There is a job opening in the Big Apple after the New York Giants sacked coach Brian Daboll on Monday amid their woeful campaign, which has them currently languishing at the bottom of the NFC. There is reportedly an early favorite to fill the job vacancy: Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin. If he does land […]

The Texas football team didn’t let a rumor cloud the win. After the overtime escape against Mississippi State, Steve Sarkisian blasted pregame chatter linking him to NFL openings, calling the report absolutely ridiculous and saying he spoke up to protect his locker room. His agents issued a denial, and the coach doubled down that his […]

College football fans were reminded of exactly who Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is during the Rebels’ Week 11 game against The Citadel. If nothing else, the 50-year-old coach always stays true to himself. While Ole Miss beat up on The Citadel, Kiffin walked onto the field during a timeout to congratulate a couple’s […]

The 2025 college football coaching carousel is set to be one of the craziest in the sport’s history. The name at the center of the carousel is Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin. The Rebels are 8-1 and look like an SEC contender and a contender to win the College Football Playoff. If Kiffin leaves, […]

Lane Kiffin’s name continues to surface in coaching carousel discussions, with the LSU Tigers likely expressing interest following Brian Kelly’s firing in October. The Ole Miss Rebels sit at 7-1 with a top-10 ranking, yet speculation continues to swirl around the Rebels’ head coach. ESPN reporter Marty Smith broke down why leaving Ole Miss would […]

A coaching agent explained why Lane Kiffin might depart from the Ole Miss Rebels following the 2025 college football regular season. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg published an article that looked into the current openings of the coaching cycle. LSU and Florida have had interest in landing Kiffin’s services after firing Brian Kelly and Billy Napier after […]

ESPN listed the next best fits for the Florida Gators head coaching position if the program doesn’t land Lane Kiffin from the Ole Miss Rebels. Adam Rittenberg published an article about the current openings in this year’s coaching cycle. He looked at the Gators’ situation, who recently fired Billy Napier following poor results in past […]

Right now, rumors are circulating that Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is looking elsewhere after this season. Among the schools being floated around are LSU and Florida. On Wednesday, Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt made the case that Kiffin will likely end up at LSU next season, per The Herd with w/Colin Cowherd. “If […]

It’s abundantly clear that two of the biggest college football programs in the country want to be in the Lane Kiffin business. After respectively firing Brian Kelly and Billy Napier, LSU and Florida are in search of a new head football coach. And both, according to reports, have a keen interest in plucking Kiffin out […]

Ole Miss entered the 2025 college football season with a lot of uncertainty. Lane Kiffin had indeed established a winning culture in Oxford, but the Rebels were essentially a brand-new team after a program-record eight players were taken in the 2025 NFL Draft, including star quarterback Jaxson Dart. As a result, Ole Miss entered Week […]

The 2025 Ole Miss football team has been playing well and got a massive win this past weekend on the road against Oklahoma. One of the things that makes the Rebels unique is that they embody their head coach, Lane Kiffin, and his personality. Kiffin speaks his mind and trash-talks in games, and he went […]

After the Ole Miss football team beat the Oklahoma Sooners last Saturday, head coach Brent Venables made an interesting comment in the aftermath of the contest. As Oklahoma took a big tumble in the rankings after the loss to the Ole Miss football team, Venables would claim that the Sooners are the better team, leading […]

Following a pivotal 34-26 road win versus Oklahoma on Saturday, Ole Miss fans can taste a long-awaited College Football Playoff berth. Oxford knows better than to celebrate too early, with South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi State all relishing the opportunity to tarnish the Rebels’ campaign, but this is a momentous time in the program’s history. […]

After firing head football coach Brian Kelly, LSU is on the hunt for someone to lead its football program back to national title contention. Could Lane Kiffin be that man? By dismissing Kelly, who went 34-14 in parts of four seasons as head coach, LSU is making it clear to its fan base and the […]

LSU football coach Brian Kelly is under fire after his team lost to Texas A&M on Saturday. Kelly is seen as a hot seat candidate, as he has not been able to meet expectations during his tenure there. The Tigers got blown out by the Aggies, 49-25. College football analyst Paul Finebaum is throwing out […]

Lane Kiffin’s postgame moment went viral for the right reasons. After Ole Miss’ 34-26 win over Oklahoma, the head coach was caught exchanging playful words with a Sooners defender who had chirped throughout the game. Kiffin later explained that it was part of his personality and nothing personal, noting the player had repeatedly told him […]

The No. 8 Ole Miss football team kept their College Football Playoff hopes alive on Saturday with a hard-fought 34-26 victory over the No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners. But after the final whistle, the conversation quickly shifted from the game itself to head coach Lane Kiffin, who was caught on live television exchanging words with a […]

The No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels advance to a 7-1 record on the season after defeating the No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners 34-26 in Week 9. It was a massive win for the Rebels, as the program remains tight in the race for the College Football Playoff. However, head coach Lane Kiffin stole the spotlight immediately […]

With the Ole Miss football team preparing to take on the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, head coach Lane Kiffin has been involved in much speculation connected to the open Florida Gators job. While the Gators could be looking at the Ole Miss football coach to replace Billy Napier, Kiffin will be addressing these rumors with […]

Ole Miss football needs to adopt short term memory loss this Saturday. Whatever thoughts from the Georgia loss must get buried. Simply because the Rebels are walking into another loud environment at Oklahoma. They get another top 15 national showdown, although this one carries serious Southeastern Conference Championship implications. The winner continues to further boost […]

The 2025 Ole Miss football season has been an excellent year for the Rebels so far, and that has been in large part because of Trinidad Chambliss. He took over at the quarterback position after Austin Simmons got injured earlier in the year. Chambliss has emerged as a star and, because of that, has taken […]

The Florida Gators are once again searching for a head coach after firing Billy Napier, and early reports suggest that Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is among the top names on the radar. According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin had already begun “doing due diligence” on Kiffin before Napier’s […]

With Florida football firing head coach Billy Napier, they have been keeping their eyes on potential candidates who can fill his void. One of those candidates is Lane Kiffin, whom the Gators looked at before Napier was even fired, according to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports. “Even before firing Billy Napier, Florida AD Scott Stricklin […]

The Florida Gators are on the hunt for a new head coach. Florida has fired head coach Billy Napier. After weeks of speculation and reports that boosters met with the Gators’ athletic director, Scott Stricklin, the team has made the move ahead of the open week. Here are the top options to replace Napier in […]

The No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs earned a big 43-35 Week 8 win over the No. 5 Ole Miss Rebels in what was one of the more exciting matchups on Saturday. After the contest, Kirby Smart decided to rub the victory in Lane Kiffin’s face by trolling him with a “hot yoga” message. For context, Kiffin […]

The No.9 Georgia Bulldogs won 43-35 against the No.5 Ole Miss Rebels at Athens stadium in what was an offensive exhibition from both sides. The win means that Georgia improved to 6-1 on the season while handing the Rebels their first loss of the campaign. After the game, Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart shared […]

Lane Kiffin was critical of the No. 5 Ole Miss Rebels’ defense after their 43-35 loss to the No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon. Going into the game, Ole Miss boasted a perfect 6-0 record. They shine as one of the best teams in the country, hoping to make a firm case for the […]

Ole Miss football versus Georgia took a rather humorous, mocking turn Saturday. All involving Lane Kiffin taking a dig at opposing coach Kirby Smart. The Bulldogs head coach went viral for a clapping incident against Auburn last Saturday. Well, Kiffin pulled off his version of it: “I was just clapping” pic.twitter.com/NgRt5KazPA — Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) […]

Though he is maybe the most famous alumnus of the University of Michigan’s wrestling team, a fandom that has stuck with him for decades into the future, the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair has a new favorite team in college football: Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels. That’s right, while he’s most famous for his work in […]

With the No. 5 Ole Miss football team taking on the No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs in a huge SEC game on Saturday afternoon, it will be a huge test for head coach Lane Kiffin and quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. Despite the rumors surrounding the Ole Miss head coach in Kiffin, his focus is on the game […]

The 2025 Ole Miss football team has exceeded expectations, especially after last year. That is a credit to Lane Kiffin and the coaching job he has done this year. Kiffin has been the subject of coaching rumors before. Still, with the biggest coaching carousel ever on the horizon, it’s only a matter of time before […]

Ahead of this weekend’s highly anticipated SEC matchup between Georgia and Ole Miss, the respective head coaches have been trading text messages — well, Lane Kiffin has been sending messages to Kirby Smart, at least. Smart and Kiffin are admitted friends; the pair coached together on Nick Saban’s Alabama staff in 2014 and 2015, and […]

When Ole Miss hired Lane Kiffin as its next football coach in 2020, it was taking a gamble on someone who had previously developed a reputation for falling short of expectations. The investment has evidently paid off, as Kiffin has turned the Rebels into what he calls an NFL-like program. Kiffin joined Ole Miss just […]

Lane Kiffin has become one of the most intriguing figures in college football’s coaching carousel — and for good reason. Two months ago, ESPN’s Ryan McGee suggested that while Kiffin has been linked to Florida amid uncertainty around Billy Napier’s future, the Ole Miss head coach would only consider leaving Oxford for one destination: Alabama. […]

In Lane Kiffin’s perfect world, Ole Miss will never play its home football games anywhere but Oxford. The sixth-year head coach made that clear during his recent criticism of Auburn for moving its 2026 home game against Baylor to Atlanta for a greater NIL payout. Auburn and Baylor agreed to a home-and-home series for the […]

Once a Rebel, always a Rebel, as rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart‘s coach at Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin, showed when he attended the New York Giants vs. New Orleans Saints game to support the young star. Kiffin shared a picture from his seat at the game. He appeared to be up in a luxury suite, and […]

Lane Kiffin continues to make waves on the recruiting trail. Just days after flipping Michigan’s four-star cornerback Dorian Barney, Ole Miss football secured another major commitment, this time from one of the top quarterbacks in the 2027 class. Four-star quarterback Keegan Croucher has committed to Ole Miss, he told Rivals’ Hayes Fawcett. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound […]

So far, the 2025 Ole Miss football team is playing much better than last year’s despite having less talent on its roster. That speaks to Lane Kiffin and how much he has evolved as a head coach and has become one of the better coaches in college football. With uncertainty surrounding Billy Napier at Florida, […]

Ole Miss made the most noise in college football this weekend with a huge upset victory over the then-No. 4-ranked LSU Tigers. The AP poll rewarded the Rebels handsomely for shocking the Tigers, giving them the biggest jump out of any team in the Top 25. They springboarded themselves nine slots from the No. 13 […]