LSU football has seen enough less than four years into Brian Kelly’s tenure. The Tigers have officially fired the head coach following a blowout loss to Texas A&M this past Saturday, according to Pete Thamel.
Kelly had steered LSU to a 5-3 start and 2-3 mark within SEC play this season. The final blow was the 49-25 loss at home to the Aggies, but the Tigers also lost at Vanderbilt, 31-24, the week prior. LSU’s other loss this year is to Ole Miss on the road, 24-19. Wins are over Clemson, Louisiana Tech, Florida, Southeastern Louisiana and South Carolina.
To finish the year, the Tigers will have Frank Wilson take over as interim coach. Wilson previously served as the associate head coach and running backs coach. In 2009, he was the wide receivers coach at Tennessee under Lane Kiffin.
LSU is following the recent trend of firing its head coach heading into a bye week. This gives the team two weeks to get prepared for its next contest. After the break, the Tigers will play at Alabama. Then, it’s Arkansas, Western Kentucky and at Oklahoma to round out the year.
LSU was initially thought to be one of the best teams in the country, particularly after a road win over Clemson to open the year. However, both LSU and Clemson have proven to have rough seasons as both are all but officially out of the playoff race.
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Kelly finished his tenure in Baton Rouge 34-14 (19-10 SEC). He won nine regular-season games in both 2022 and 2023, before only earning eight last year. His first season in 2022 did see his team make the SEC Championship game, which was a loss to Georgia.
Tennessee played Kelly’s Tigers team once in his tenure. The Vols went on the road in 2022 and dismantled LSU in a 40-13 win. Tiger fans exited the stadium quickly, leading to a total orange takeover of the stadium.
Kelly has a 297-109-2 overall record in his head coaching career, dating back to 1991 at Grand Valley State. He then went to Central Michigan in 2004 before landing at Cincinnati in 2006 and Notre Dame in 2010.
