A key Ole Miss recruiting staffer is reportedly leaving to join an SEC rival.
According to reports, Brian Kelly is set to poach Kelvin Bolden away from Lane Kiffin.
LSU is targeting Ole Miss’ Kelvin Bolden for a high-ranking front office role, sources tell @CBSSports.
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) July 8, 2025
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Bolden’s title at Ole Miss is Coordinator of Recruiting Strategy. He knows the SEC well, having served on staff at multiple programs over the past few years.
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For two seasons (2018-19), Bolden was an Arkansas graduate assistant working with wide receivers. He then went home to Southern Miss, his alma mater, where he was promoted from an off-field role to wide receivers coach during the 2020 season.
In 2021, Bolden was hired by Dan Mullen, joining the Florida staff as an Assistant Director of Player Personnel. After Mullen was let go, Bolden announced that he would be joining Gus Malzahn’s UCF staff as Director of Recruiting Relations/WR Assistant. He was only in Orlando for 2 months before being hired away by Ole Miss.
Per Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, Bolden will be an associate athletic director and assistant general manager at LSU.
At LSU, Bolden will be associate AD/assistant general manager, sources tell @CBSSports
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) July 8, 2025
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