Ed Orgeron will need to have actually wished to return to LSU and be an assistant for the crew he as soon as led to nationwide title glory as a result of he is not precisely squeezing the SEC powerhouse for each penny.
According to Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports, Orgeron is becoming a member of the Tigers one an eight-month contract value for $100,000. That’s not $100,000 per thirty days by the way in which. $100,000 complete.
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For context, Orgeron earned a mean of $9 million per yr from 2020 to 2021. The Tigers purchased out his contract for round $17 million after parting methods with him on the finish of the 2021 season. Christovich reported that the varsity solely simply completed paying off that buyout on the finish of final yr.
But whereas the reminiscences should still be recent, LSU is a far cry from the crew that Coach O received a title with in 2019.
After parting methods with Orgeron after the 2021 season, LSU employed Brian Kelly and had a couple of years years of first rate however hardly particular soccer at the beginning collapsed in 2025. Things acquired so unhealthy that followers have been about able to beg the crew to rehire Orgeron, till the Tigers athletic division managed to poach Lane Kiffin from SEC rival Ole Miss.
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There clearly weren’t sufficient bitter grapes between the 2 sides to maintain the varsity from bringing him again.
LAFAYETTE, LA – OCTOBER 01: Former LSU coach Ed Orgeron was on the sidelines throughout a university soccer recreation between the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns and the South Alabama Jaguars on October 01, 2022, at Cajun Field, in Lafayette, Louisiana. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)Icon Sportswire/Getty Images
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Orgeron labored alongside LSU’s present head coach Lane Kiffin in a number of totally different stints, most notably at USC. He labored alongside Kiffin beneath Pete Carroll within the early 2000s and was later employed at Kiffin’s defensive coordinator at USC when he took the job in 2010.
Coach O will now function a particular assistant to the protection and recruiting for the 2026 season. His plans for 2027 seem like up within the air.
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Now the 2 are reunited in Baton Rouge and hope to get pleasure from much more success collectively in 2026 and past.
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