Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin agrees to extension

After Kiffin led Ole Miss to its first 10-win regular seasons in school history and seems poised to contend for a playoff spot in 2024.

Ole Miss announced on Tuesday that the school came to an agreement with head football coach Lane Kiffin on an undisclosed contract extension.

Kiffin has spent the past four seasons in charge of the Rebels football program, compiling a 33-15 record. He captained Ole Miss to its first-ever 10-win regular season in 202l and then did it again in 2023. The Rebels broke into the top ten of the College Football Rankings at some point during both seasons.

Kiffin’s 68.8% win percentage is the best in the program since Johnny Vaught stepped away in 1973, and his 28 wins over the past three seasons are the best three-season run at Ole Miss since 1960-62.

“Our football program is experiencing unprecedented success under Coach Kiffin, and we could not be more excited about what the future holds under his leadership,” Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter wrote in the university’s statement on the extension. “The Ole Miss family is committed to providing Coach Kiffin the resources needed to compete at an elite level.”

With the playoffs set to expand to 12 teams in 2024 and the Rebels currently owning the top spot in 247Sports’ transfer portal rankings, Kiffin seems poised to lead Ole Miss to its first College Football Playoff appearance in his first season on the new contract.