Amid his departure to LSU, Lane Kiffin claimed that the team asked Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter to keep their now former head coach in his spot throughout the College Football Playoffs.

After much consideration, Kiffin decided to leave Ole Miss for LSU, but he wanted to keep coaching his current team through the postseason.

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He reportedly tried to persuade Carter to let him stay for the rest of the season, hoping to make a run at a National Championship.

In the end, Carter decided it was best if Kiffin moved on and the team had a new coach for the playoffs and beyond. Ole Miss promoted Pete Golding, the sitting defensive coordinator, to head coach.

In his statement posted on X, Kiffin wrote that

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