Brian Kelly has taken over an LSU program that underperformed the past 2 seasons. The Tigers went 15-0 and won the national championship in 2019, then went 5-5 last year and is 6-6 this season.

Kelly will try to lead LSU back to being a national title contender. And he knows what needs to happen before the Tigers can reach that level.

“You can’t start winning until you stop losing,” Kelly said on Friday while speaking at the Louisiana High School Coaches Association Convention, per Julie Boudwin of Rivals.com.

According to Boudwin, Kelly also said that he’ll be evaluating the team as it prepares to play in the Texas Bowl as he’ll get to know the players and will be “putting together a support staff.”

Kelly came to LSU after spending the past 12 seasons as the head coach at Notre Dame. He’s had success at every stop of his head-coaching career, as he previously spent time at Cincinnati, Central Michigan and Grand Valley State.

While Kelly prepares for the future, the Tigers will take on Kansas State in the Texas Bowl and aim to finish the 2021 season with a winning record. That game is set to take place on Jan. 4.