In a shocking move, LSU set to rent Notre DameBrian Kelly is the football team’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, confirming that Yahoo! Sport newspaper.
Kelly, 60, has coached Ireland since 2010 and earlier this season overtook Knute Rockne for the most wins in school history.
He led Notre Dame to the 2013 BCS National Championship Game and appeared in the College Football Knockout Qualifiers in the 2018 and 2020 seasons.
The Irishman is 6th in the latest College Football League standings and improved to 11-1 after a 45-14 win last Saturday Stanford.
Kelly replaces Ed Orgeron, who LSU announced in October will not return as the Tigers’ coach next season, less than two years out of an undefeated season and national championship. In the two seasons since, he has gone 11-11 and has been accused of improperly handling allegations of sexual misconduct by a player twice in the past year.
Unpleasant LSU Texas A&M 27-24 on Saturday for a sixth win of the season. After that, Orgeron announced that he would not be coaching in LSU’s upcoming bowling game, with offensive team coach Brad Davis serving as interim coach for the game.
“Whoever the new coach is, I wish him the best of luck in the world,” Orgeron said on Saturday. “I will always be an LSU fan.”
LSU has been connected with various coaches, including Jimbo Fisher, whom Orgeron beat on Saturday and who vehemently denied that he would be leaving Texas A&M for any in-season work. this. OklahomaHis Lincoln Riley also quelled speculation over the weekend that he might start working at LSU, before accepting the position at USC just a day ago.
Kelly was previously the head coach of the soccer team at Grand Valley State (1991-2003), Center Michigan (2004-06), and Cincinnati (2006-09).
