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LSU coach Ed Orgeron will not return in 2022 but is expected to finish this season, multiple outlets reported Sunday.
Sports Illustrated reported that LSU and Orgeron reached a separation agreement, less than two years after the Tigers won the College Football Playoff championship. The Athletic said the school is expected to pay Orgeron his whole buyout, which is $17.1 million.
Orgeron, 60, has led the Tigers since September 2016, when he was named interim head coach following the firing of Les Miles. He has named to the permanent position two months later. His record with the Tigers is 49-17. He previously was the head coach at Ole Miss and the interim coach at Southern California following the departure of Lane Kiffin in 2013.
With a salary of $9 million, he trails only Alabama’s Nick Saban on the list of highest-paid college coaches, according to the USA Today database.
Since winning the championship, the Tigers are 9-8, including 4-3 (2-2 Southeastern Conference) this season. They beat No. 20 Florida 49-42 on Saturday.
In speaking with reporters on Monday, Orgeron said no officials had discussed his job status with him.
“No not at all. That’s for me to handle, nobody’s talked to me about my job status,” Orgeron said. “I haven’t had any discussions about it, as far as I know I’m the head coach of the LSU Tigers and that’s all that matters.”
–Field Level Media
