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LSU is paying Lane Kiffin insane amount after Ole Miss’ CFP stunner vs. Georgia

The coach wasn’t even at his former team’s Sugar Bowl upset, yet he made a ton of money off the Rebels’ win.
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Dec 1, 2025; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU new head coach Lane Kiffin speaks at South Stadium Club at Tiger Stadium.
Dec 1, 2025; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU new head coach Lane Kiffin speaks at South Stadium Club at Tiger Stadium. | Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images

Lane Kiffin didn’t coach or even attend the Ole Miss Rebels’ Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff win over the Georgia Bulldogs, yet he made an insane amount of money off of it.

The 50-year-old coach broke the hearts for Ole Miss fans after he decided to leave the school for the LSU Tigers after six years there and the best season in program history right before it played its first playoff game.

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Dec 1, 2025; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU new head coach Lane Kiffin, second right, stands with his family including daughter Landry, son Knox, ex-wife Layla Kiffin, second left, LSU president Wade Rousse, left, and LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry, right, at South Stadium Club at Tiger Stadium. | Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images

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While Kiffin has drawn the ire of Ole Miss fans for ditching the team, he’s still very much paying attention to what his former team is doing. Also remember there are still several coaches Kiffin purged to LSU that have been allowed to stay on the Rebels staff for this playoff run.

Pete Goldin
Mississippi Rebels head coach Pete Golding has replaced Lane Kiffin and won the Sugar Bowl. | Amber Searls-Imagn Images

We’ve seen coach Kiffin have an obnoxious tweet before the first playoff game vs. Tulane, and then oddly trolled Ole Miss before LSU’s bowl game.

On New Year’s Day during Ole Miss’s 39-34 stunner over Georgia — a team Kiffin failed to beat this season by the way — in the Sugar Bowl, the former coach didn’t make the short trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, but was instead at an LSU women’s basketball game in Baton Rouge.

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He did send his congratulations after the football team’s big win (see first related in article), but maybe it was more about himself and the money he has coming from the victory?

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Kiffin’s contracted bonus

As part of his insane $91 million LSU contract with unreal perks, Kiffin is to be paid out any performance incentives he would’ve received if he stayed and coached Ole Miss in the CFP.

Well, that Sugar Bowl win just netted him another cool $500k.

He already made $150k for just making the playoffs, and $250k for the first win over Tulane.

He could potentially get $1 million should the team win it all (two more victories).

The rich keep on getting richer.

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MATT RYAN

Matt Ryan is a dedicated sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in digital and linear media. After receiving a Masters in Journalism from USC, he’s worked for Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo Sports, USA Today Sports Media Group, and Bally Sports, while holding various leadership roles along the way.

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