University of Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin spoke to OutKick about his decision to stay with the Rebels after rumors swirled he was taking the Auburn head coaching job.
Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin during a game against the Alabama Crimson Tide Nov. 12, 2022, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss.His new contract will average $9 million a year, with rollovers that can extend the contract length to eight years. It all will be funded through a private foundation to avoid the state law that allows only four-year contracts for public state employees.
"I told the team last week I would be announcing after the game I was staying because I wanted all this attention on them and not me," Kiffin told OutKick."The only reason any of this came up and became an issue was one reporter falsely making up that I was going to Auburn." Kiffin also told OutKick his main reason for not entertaining other offers was daughter Landry, who is halfway through her senior year of high school and loving Oxford.These coaching searches come with a number of hurdles, especially when a school only has a single coaching target. But Auburn athletic director John Cohen has continued to have discussions with other candidates about the opening. Cohen is in now in the process of hiring Hugh Freeze, according to sources.
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