Lane Kiffin is no longer making a salary at Ole Miss; he left to become the head coach at LSU, where he is set to earn about 13 million dollars per year on a seven‑year deal, a big raise from the roughly 9 million dollars annually he had been making at Ole Miss.

What He Was Making At Ole Miss

Before leaving for LSU, Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss contract had climbed into the top tier of SEC coaching salaries.

Reports around his move consistently describe his LSU pay as a “significant raise” from about 9 million dollars annually at Ole Miss.

So, in simple terms:

  • At Ole Miss, Kiffin was making around 9 million dollars per year in his final deal.
  • That Ole Miss salary level is the baseline being referenced when coverage says LSU bumped him up to about 13 million dollars annually.

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