LSU is firing head football coach Brian Kelly, multiple program sources told The Athletic, less than 24 hours after the Tigers were embarrassed by Texas A&M in a 49-25 home loss.
A team meeting has been called for 8 p.m. CT Sunday. Associate head coach Frank Wilson is expected to be the interim head coach. Tigers players are scheduled to be off Monday, as LSU (5-3, 2-3 SEC) begins an idle week before playing at No. 4 Alabama on Nov. 8.
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Multiple program sources told The Athletic earlier Sunday, on the heels of LSU’s third loss in four games, that LSU athletic director Scott Woodward wanted Kelly to make staff changes, including firing offensive coordinator Joe Sloan, to try to fix an offense that ranks last in the SEC in rushing yards per game. However, when Kelly and Woodward met Sunday afternoon, things got very tense. After Woodward told the head coach to fire his play caller, Kelly fired back that he wanted to make other staff moves Woodward wasn
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