LSU head coach Brian Kelly fired
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After firing Brian Kelly, LSU turns to Frank Wilson, a familiar face who knows the program and could steady things through a turbulent finish.
Brian Kelly is out as LSU Tigers head coach. Fired 8 games into his fourth season, Kelly never lived up to the tremendous expectations placed on him from the time he stepped foot into Baton Rouge after leaving the University of Notre Dame. So, who's next for LSU?
While negotiations are still ongoing between both parties, Kelly's contractual buyout of more than $50 million would be the second largest ever paid to a college football coach -- behind only Jimbo Fisher, who received more than $76 million after being fired by Texas A&M in November 2023.
Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers remain in headlines following the program's Week 9 loss to the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday night in Baton Rouge. In a loss that