{"id":415915,"date":"2025-11-30T21:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/415915\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:59:20","slug":"ole-miss-taps-pete-golding-as-new-coach-after-lane-kiffins-lsu-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/415915\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss taps Pete Golding as new coach after Lane Kiffin&#8217;s LSU exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lane Kiffin is out, and Pete Golding is in.<\/p>\n<p>Ole Miss defensive coordinator Pete Golding was named the program\u2019s head football coach Sunday, the same day Kiffin announced <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/30\/sports\/lane-kiffin-bolting-ole-miss-for-lsu-as-lengthy-saga-finally-concludes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he is bolting for LSU after weeks of buzz.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37805324\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/golding-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Pete Golding in October 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37805324\"  \/>Pete Golding in October 2025. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Golding has been the team\u2019s defensive coordinator for the past two seasons after arriving from Alabama, leading a unit that helped push the Rebels to an 11\u20131 regular season and No. 7 in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Sunday, Kiffin \u2014 who had guided Ole Miss since 2020 \u2014 said Friday\u2019s Egg Bowl win over Mississippi State was his last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a lot of prayer and time spent with family, I made the difficult decision to accept the head coaching position at LSU,\u201d Kiffin said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37805332\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mississippi-rebels-head-coach-lane-116339747_484759.jpg\" alt=\"Lane Kiffin is leaving for LSU.\" class=\"wp-image-37805332\"  \/>Lane Kiffin is leaving for LSU. Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping to complete a historic six season run with this year\u2019s team by leading Ole Miss through the playoffs, capitalizing on the team\u2019s incredible success and their commitment to finish strong, and investing everything into a layoff run with guardrails in place to the protect the program in any areas of concern. My request to do so was denied by Keith Carter despite the team also asking him to allow me to keep coaching them so they could better maintain their high level of performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news of Kiffin\u2019s departure comes as the College Football Playoff looms.<\/p>\n<p>It had been previously reported that ex-Giants coach and current Ole Miss quarterbacks coach Joe Judge could be elevated to fill Kiffin\u2019s role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lane Kiffin is out, and Pete Golding is in. 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