Well, that escalated quickly.
In a matter of hours, five job postings in the SEC were filled. Most notably, Lane Kiffin announced his departure from Ole Miss to take over at rival LSU, which reportedly offered him a seven-year deal worth roughly $100 million.
Florida, Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss also announced their new hires Sunday to further shake up the college football landscape, meaning that a quarter of the SEC's teams are moving forward with a new head coach after today.
Now that the dust is settling, let’s take a look at what some of these moves mean for the SEC, the American Conference — aka the SEC farm league — and what must happen for each one of these hires to work.
What’s next for Ole Miss
Kiffin made a mess.
He dragged out his decision to stay or leave, resulting in a whirlwind weekend of drama. In doing so, he traded the chance to coach the Rebels to a national title for a program that fired its head coach in October, has the Louisiana governor setting the LSU athletic director’s agenda and hasn’t made the College Football Playoff in six years.
Shortly after Kiffin announced his departure, Ole Miss announced it had promoted defensive coordinator Pete Golding as his successor. The move fits. Golding is loved by players and has the same coaching pedigree, also having coached as a coordinator for Nick Saban. More importantly, Golding has acted as if he has always wanted a job like the one Ole Miss offered him, and that's likely to be more important than almost anything else to Rebels fans right now.
They wanted to feel loved, valued and appreciated. In Golding, they have that — a hell of a coach, a chance to keep their staff, roster and recruiting class intact and a shot to go win the national title. Not
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