A recruiting report on LSU football's coaching search with what to know about the base, advantages, obstacles, what sources say and rumored candidates.

LSU fired head football coach Brian Kelly on Sunday night, the program announced. He is owed nearly $54 million remaining from his 10-year contract with LSU, the second-largest buyout in college football history.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry expressed his apprehension with allowing LSU AD Scott Woodward to lead a football coaching search to replace Brian Kelly.

He isn't alone. Twelve schools have already axed their coaches before Halloween, the most in the last decade. Last season's coaching cycle only featured 16 by the end of the year, which is relatively active, and 2023's was the most aggressive in decades, with the likes of Alabama and Michigan headlining 31 changes.

Brian Kelly, who was fired by LSU on Sunday, October 26, filed for divorce and a restraining order from his wife before reverting course in 2023

LSU football travels to Vanderbilt for a Southeastern Conference contest Saturday morning inside FirstBank Stadium. Here are best available tickets.

Newly named LSU interim athletic director Verge Ausberry says the athletic department is ‘not broken’ in the wake of his predecessor Scott Woodward's abrupt departure this week