Overview
- Landry declared that LSU’s Board of Supervisors will form a committee to pick the next head coach, saying athletic director Scott Woodward will not make the hire.
- Citing fiscal concerns after Brian Kelly’s reported $52–53 million buyout, Landry criticized past big-money deals and vowed to add performance metrics to the next contract.
- LSU named longtime assistant Frank Wilson as interim head coach as the national search begins during the team’s open week.
- Media and oddsmakers continue to float candidates such as Lane Kiffin, Jon Sumrall and former LSU assistant Joe Brady, though no formal shortlist has been announced.
- Former coach Ed Orgeron said he would “love” to return to LSU and would consider an assistant role under Kiffin if the Ole Miss coach were hired.