Lane Kiffin’s arrival means a major cash splash for the Tigers, who have handed him a $90 million incentive-heavy deal. However, he isn’t the only head coach the program is paying right now. LSU is set to take on a substantial financial burden, as it still owes buyout money to both Brian Kelly and Ed Orgeron.

This means that on top of Lane Kiffin’s contract , plus an additional $25 million allocated for staff hiring, LSU will also be responsible for paying former head coaches Brian Kelly and Ed Orgeron a combined total exceeding $54 million. Kelly went through a whole saga related to his buyout. He was fired at the end of October after losing to Texas A&M. He was owed $54 million, and his contract included an offset and duty-to-mitigate clause.

That meant once he secured a new job, LSU

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