LSU, Jimbo Fisher and Brian Kelly
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Another college football head coach bit the dust in a college football season already marred with firings. This time, it was LSU who bit the bullet and fired Br
On Sunday, LSU fired head coach Brian Kelly. The school owes Kelly more than $53 million for his buyout, the second-largest in college football history behind former Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher.
Jimbo Fisher was paid $77 million to leave Texas A&M in November 2023, setting the record for the largest buyout for a coach in college football history when he was fired during his sixth season with the Aggies. What has Fisher been doing since then? Mainly, getting ready for his coaching comeback.
While negotiations are still ongoing between both parties, Kelly's contractual buyout of more than $50 million would be the second largest ever paid to a college football coach -- behind only Jimbo Fisher, who received more than $76 million after being fired by Texas A&M in November 2023.
LSU athletic director Scott Woodward has fired coach Brian Kelly. Now he's involved in the two largest buyouts in college football history.
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