LSU’s Lane Kiffin might have received a pay increase as he moved to Baton Rouge from Oxford, Mississippi, going from $9 million a year to $13 million a year, but that doesn’t prevent him from suffering from the age-old disappointment of receiving weird Christmas presents.
@landrykiffin no need for the sas #fyp #megamind ♬ original sound – Landry Kiffin
Kiffin recently signed a $91 million deal with LSU. In a recent TikTok video published by his daughter, Landry Kiffin, the family can be seen opening their Christmas presents, and the LSU coach is shown giving the side-eye to his ex-wife, Layla, after she gave him a facial mask as a present. As he looked disappointed, she told him:
“These things are supposed to be awesome. Like you put them on your forehead.”
To which he replied:
“What’s wrong with my forehead?”
Lane Kiffin divorced Layla back in 2016, but a reconciliation was reported early this year. She and their son, Knox, moved from Manhattan Beach, California, to Oxford, Mississippi, in early 2025. After Lane’s recent move to Baton Rouge, she was seen touring the Louisiana city with the rest of the Kiffin clan.
Lane Kiffin’s Move to Ole Miss Leaves Scars at Oxford, Mississippi
Lane Kiffin’s move from LSU to Ole Miss was the most heavily covered story of the highly active 2026 coaching carousel. For weeks, the story took over college football headlines, as the negotiations waxed and waned and the future of the coach looked uncertain.
A big point of tension at the time stemmed from whether or not Lane Kiffin would be allowed to coach the Ole Miss Rebels at the then-upcoming College Football Playoff. From his arrival at Oxford in 2020, the coach’s goal had always been to take the team to the postseason tournament, but the CFP had always seemed elusive. Until this year, when the school finally had a strong enough record to be certain of making this year’s cut.
Ultimately, Kiffin decided to jump ship, and the authorities at Ole Miss didn’t want him to be in the locker room with the players at the same time as he transitioned to another school. So the decision was made that they wouldn’t allow him to coach during the postseason.
Now, sources close to ESPN say that a big part of the strain between the coach and his now former employer stems from his leaving to join one of their biggest rivals in the SEC:
“You’re not leaving to coach the Giants or the Dolphins or the Buckeyes,” a source familiar with the situation told ESPN. “You’re talking about going to a place that we will play [each of the next four seasons].”
Certainly, the decision to shield the current crop of players from being recruited into LSU played a part in the authorities’ decision. Only time will tell who will miss each other the most. If the Rebels, as they attempt to go on a championship run, or Kiffin, as he attempts a rebuild at LSU.
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