The Lane Kiffin rebuild at Baton Rouge is fully underway, with wide receiver coach Cortez Hankton being the latest victim of it. Understandably, upon arriving at LSU, Kiffin has started to cut some of the coaches associated with the football program, likely looking to bring in some of his people.
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Now, upon rumours that the coach is set to be interviewed by the Big Ten’s Ohio State Buckeyes, some fans haven’t taken kindly to the decision to dismiss Hankton.
“Unbelievable…. Our best recruiters are going to other competing teams….,” said a baffled fan
“We cant have sh*t. We’re supposed so as* but yet every school wants one of our coaches ,” complained someone else
“come on dawg,” said another person
“Wtf we doin,” asked one fan
Others simply understood this as part of the Lane Kiffin revamp.
“Good our receivers have been sh*t I’m trusting the best offensive mind in the game,” confidently said someone else
“I don’t understand why people are overreacting to our offensive staff not being retained. We literally need a full reset on the offensive side,” explained someone
Maybe there are better options than Cortez Hankton.
“I wished we could’ve swapped I wanted us to get Brian hartline down here his stable of players under him is crazy, Marvin Harrison jr, Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson, Emeka Ekbuga, Jeremiah smith, terry McLaurin, Jaxon smith-Njigba! Imagine the talent he could scout and coach in Louisiana,” explained one fan
Who Will Replace Cortez Hankton At LSU?
According to ESPN’s Matt Moscona, Lane Kiffin is replacing Cortez Hankton with George McDonald, whom he brought in from Ole Miss. McDonald was the Rebels’ wide receivers coach for the last two seasons under Kiffin.
Source: Cortez Hankton has interviewed for a position on Ohio State’s staff.
Hankton has served as WR Coach at LSU since 2022 and added co-OC duties in 2024. Lane Kiffin brought George McDonald from Ole Miss.
OSU is replacing Brian Hartline who worked with WRs in addition to…
— Matt Moscona (@MattMoscona) December 17, 2025
McDonald brings with him two and a half decades of experience in coaching at the college level. He even spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons at the NFL level with the Cleveland Browns.
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