Data News Staff Edited Report
Brian Kelly has been dismissed as Head Football Coach at LSU Tigers, the university announced Sunday night following a 49-25 home loss to Texas A&M Aggies. Athletic Director Scott Woodward cited the program’s failure to achieve National or SEC-Championship success as the main reason for the decision.
Kelly’s tenure ended with a 34-14 record over four seasons, including a 2-3 mark in the 2025 Campaign before Sunday’s defeat.
Woodward stated that although LSU hoped Kelly would lead the Tigers to multiple championships, “the success at the level that LSU demands simply did not materialize.”
The Tigers’ slide this season, losing three of four games and dropping out of AP Top 25 after a promising 4-0 start, proved decisive. The administration has named Associate Head Coach Frank Wilson as Interim Head Coach while a national search begins for Kelly’s successor.
Kelly’s departure leaves LSU with the second-largest Coaching Buy-Out in College-Football History (estimated at $54 million), as the university renegotiates the terms of his exit.
As one of college football’s most storied programs—led to national titles by predecessors nicknamed “Saban,” “Miles,” and “Orgeron”—LSU’s standards remain towering. Woodward emphasized that the search now is for a leader who will “embrace the excellence that we demand.”
With the Tigers’ 2025 Season now in flux, attention turns fast to what comes next in Baton Rouge.
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