Sources: OC, RBs coach to stay with Ole Miss for Fiesta Bowl - ESPN

LSU's administration is allowing offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. and running backs coach Kevin Smith to continue coaching No. 6 Ole Miss in its College Football Playoff semifinal against No. 10 Miami in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.

Sources said that Weis and Smith, who are following former Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin to LSU, flew to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Monday for recruiting visits, and then returned to Oxford, Mississippi, later that night.

The Rebels are scheduled to fly to Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday for the biggest game in the program's history on Thursday night (7:30 ET/ESPN).

«Our main focus is on winning this game,» Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter told ESPN on Tuesday morning. «Charlie has been awesome, juggling two high-profile jobs. He's been incredible. We have no complaints.»

There was uncertainty over which coaches joining Kiffin at LSU would continue coaching the Rebels in the CFP.

Tight ends coach/co-offensive coordinator Joe Cox and receivers coach/passing game coordinator George McDonald aren't expected to coach in the Fiesta Bowl, the sources said. Cox and McDonald helped coach Ole Miss in its first two CFP victories against No. 11 Tulane and No. 3 Georgia.

«They have every opportunity like they have up to this point to be able to make that decision,» Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said Saturday. «So week in and week out, I don't dictate whether they do that or not, because they're not employed by me. Up to this point, that's how it's been, and that's my expectation.»

Further complicating discussions between LSU and Ole Miss were tampering allegations against the former Rebels coaches made by Walker Jones, Ole Miss' NIL collective director.

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