Brian Kelly interviewed for Big Ten coaching job, per report
By Ethan Stone
Published:
Former LSU and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has expressed a desire to return to coaching. The current CBS Sports and SiriusXM analyst was not hired last cycle after being fired by the Tigers midway through the 2025 season.
On Saturday morning, On3’s Pete Nakos reported that Kelly is in the mix for Maryland’s head coaching position. The Terps fired Mike Locksley after 7 seasons as its head coach a few weeks ago following yet another uninspiring start in College Park.
Kelly interviewed for the Maryland job recently, according to Nakos.
Kelly did not succeed in Baton Rouge by LSU standards, but he’d be a great hire for a program like Maryland that has struggled to win consistently across the past few decades.
Kelly finished his 4-year LSU stint 34-14 with 3 bowl victories. Kelly’s Tigers started the 2025 season 5-3 after posting back-to-back 10-win seasons to start his LSU career. The Tigers sent Kelly packing and later decided on Lane Kiffin. LSU is currently 6-3 in Year 1 of the Kiffin Show.
Teams have fared 297-109-2 under Kelly. He earned his first head coaching job at Grand Valley State and made stops at Central Michigan, Cincinnati and Notre Dame before taking the LSU job in 2022. Kelly has not served as an assistant coach since 1990.
Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.
