LSU reveals Ed Orgeron’s salary in new role on Lane Kiffin’s staff
By David Wasson
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Ed Orgeron is back with the LSU football program – and is earning pennies on the dollar from what he was raking in as the head coach of the Tigers in 2021.
WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge reported that Orgeron will earn a base salary of $100,000 as LSU’s special assistant to defense and recruiting in 2026, a stark downgrade from the $9 million he earned as the Tigers’ head coach in 2021.
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The salary, which was a part of a term sheet signed by Orgeron, also says Orgeron will receive either a courtesy vehicle or a vehicle allowance. If Orgeron prematurely ends the one-year contract, he will owe LSU the remainder – unless Orgeron gets a head coaching or coordinator job in either college football or the NFL.
Orgeron’s hire reunites him with new LSU coach Lane Kiffin, as the two have enjoyed a decades-long relationship. The duo has worked together both at USC and Tennessee, last collaborating with the Trojans in 2013. It also brings back the coach who last led LSU to a national championship, as the Orgeron-led Tigers went 15-0 and captured the 2019 CFP national title.
Orgeron coached two more seasons in Baton Rouge after the 2019 title season, going 11-11 in that span before departing the program following the 2021 season. His head coaching career record is 51-20.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
