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Lane Kiffin is already building his coaching staff at LSU, but four of his current assistants who left Ole Miss to join him in Baton Rouge will reportedly return to Oxford.
The Rebels, after finishing the year 11-1 with Kiffin as head coach, are in the College Football Playoff, which begins next weekend.
As a result, LSU assistants will join offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. at Ole Miss to help him and new coach Pete Golding prepare for the team’s first-round matchup against the Tulane Green Wave, according to ESPN.
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Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin watches his team play against Oklahoma during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Oklahoma, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Alonzo Adams/AP Photo)
Tight ends coach Joe Cox, receivers coach George McDonald, assistant quarterbacks coach Dane Stevens and wide receivers coach Sawyer Jordan arrived on Ole Miss’ campus on Monday, according to the report.
Kiffin eventually allowed the coaches to return to Oxford to help “the staff and players maximize the opportunities ahead of them in a playoff appearance,” which is the first time the Rebels were founded since the CFP was founded.
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Weis was also someone Kiffin was allowed to return to Oxford after the latter made the decision to take over as the Tigers’ next head coach following the departure of Brian Kelly mid-season.
It’s a familiar foe for the Rebels, as they faced Tulane earlier this season in a 45-10 rout on September 20.
However, the divorce between Kiffin and Ole Miss has not been the most amicable, as Rebels athletic director Keith Carter disputed several claims Kiffin made regarding his ban from coaching Ole Miss in the CFP.
Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin in the fourth quarter against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on November 2, 2024. (Nelson Chenault/Image Images)
“There are a lot of things that are public that I’m not sure are totally accurate,” Carter told SuperTalk Mississippi.
Carter said Kiffin and his representatives were told several weeks in advance that coaching Ole Miss in any potential playoff game was impossible.
Kiffin said in his farewell message to the Rebels that he asked to “complete a historic six-season run with this year’s team by leading Ole Miss to the playoffs,” but Carter denied it “despite the team also asking him to allow me to continue coaching.”
But one of Kiffin’s players also refuted that claim. Offensive lineman Brycen Sanders quickly went to X after seeing Kiffin’s statement.
LSU head football coach Lane Kiffin speaks at the South Stadium Club at Tiger Stadium on December 1, 2025 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Matthew Hinton/Image Images)
“I think everyone in that room would disagree,” Sanders posted.
