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Lane Kiffin Contract Details

Posted on 12/1/25 at 8:58 am
Posted by doclsu08
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 8:58 am
Paywall article linked.

Per Wilson Alexander.

LSU and Lane Kiffin agreed to a seven-year, $91 million deal, according to a copy of his term sheet. If he wins a national title, it includes an automatic escalator that makes him the highest-paid coach in the country.

This post was edited on 12/1/25 at 9:02 am
Posted by Sassafrasology
Member since Nov 2025
556 posts
Posted on 12/1/25 at 8:59 am to
FYI: 13 x 7 =91 so, $13 mil per year.
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 8:59 am to
How does an automatic escalator work if two different coaches have that in their contracts?

I know Kirby has one.
Posted by Cadello
Eunice
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:00 am to
Whoever wins, get the bonus?
Posted by GetBackToWork
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:01 am to
quote:

How does an automatic escalator work if two different coaches have that in their contracts?



Exponential raises.


Posted by tiger91
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Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:01 am to
What were we paying Kelly?
Posted by Bottom9
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:02 am to
quote:

If he wins a national title, it includes an automatic escalator that makes him the highest-paid coach in the country.



Good.
Posted by Captain Crown
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:02 am to
Posted by Bottom9
Arsenal Til I Die
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:03 am to
quote:

What were we paying Kelly?


$90 million too much
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:03 am to
quote:


How does an automatic escalator work if two different coaches have that in their contracts?


the initial bump satisfies the contract, then Kirby would get a bump in response.
Posted by SmoothBox
Member since May 2023
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:03 am to
What about the incentive based pay Landry was talking about?
Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:04 am to
Coach Kiffin need someone to run him coffee for a mini percentage of that?
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:05 am to
quote:

he wins a national title, it includes an automatic escalator that makes him the highest-paid coach in the country.


What if the escalator goes down to the basement?

What then?
Posted by purplepylon
NOLA & Laffy
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:06 am to
Good on Wilson getting to break this news. Happy for him
Posted by L S Usetheforce
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:07 am to
What if I built a wooden boat and sailed it to Oxford.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:10 am to
quote:

FYI: 13 x 7 =91 so, $13 mil per year.


“FY13791” is the tail number on the MMR plane.

KIFFIN TO LSU!!!
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:11 am to
Remember Mark Stoops was making 9 mil a year at Kentucky
Posted by ExtraGravy
Member since Nov 2018
970 posts
Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:22 am to
Let's see how great a deal we struck on the buyout close after the governor mouthed off about Kelly's and then LSU tried to weasel out of its obligation. Surely we struck a harder bargain as a result:

quote:

In a news conference a few days after Kelly was fired, Gov. Jeff Landry criticized high-priced coaching contracts with large buyouts. He suggested more deals should be weighted with performance-based incentives that would reduce the guaranteed cost and lower the price to fire a coach. Landry called Kelly’s lofty buyout a “liability.”
LSU would owe Kiffin 80% of his remaining salary if it fires him without cause, which would be paid out in monthly installments through the remainder of the deal. It does not include any mitigation or offset clause should Kiffin then get another job.


Oh.

Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
16947 posts
Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:28 am to
quote:

LSU would owe Kiffin 80% of his remaining salary if it fires him without cause, which would be paid out in monthly installments through the remainder of the deal. It does not include any mitigation or offset clause should Kiffin then get another job.
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:32 am to
quote:

How does an automatic escalator work if two different coaches have that in their contracts?

I know Kirby has one.


the escalator only makes you highest paid "at the time", not permanently highest paid.

example:
UGA wins a title this year, Kirby gets a bump to the very top of the mountain.
LSU wins title next season, Kiffin gets bumped above Kirby. Kirby does not get bumped back to top unless he wins another one.
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