“I Didn’t Live Up to the Standards”: Brian Kelly Makes Honest Admission About Getting Fired by LSU

Brian Kelly came into Baton Rouge with one objective in mind: win a national championship. He never managed to achieve the objective, not even reaching the College Football Playoff once during his four seasons with the LSU Tigers.

Kelly had told the press that he left Notre Dame for LSU because he believed he couldn’t win a national title with the Fighting Irish. On Thursday, he admitted that he was never able to play up to the standard set for him in Baton Rouge.

Speaking with Front Office Sports, the former LSU coach said:

“I didn’t live up to the standards that are set there at LSU. They brought me in to win a national championship, and there was a lot of work that needed to be done to get there, more so than many thought, but at the end of the day I didn’t get to that level of expectation that they had,” Kelly said.

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He also said that he expects Lane Kiffin to be held to the same standard he was under when he was LSU’s coach. So far, 2026 has looked similar to the years under Kelly, with highlights and low points for the No. 15 Tigers (6-2) as their CFP hopes have only a thin margin for error.

Lane Kiffin on what it means to be LSU’s coach

This week, on “The Brandon Walker College Football Show,” Lane Kiffin was asked whether the thought had crossed his mind that he made the wrong choice by deciding to leave Ole Miss and whether he made the right choice when he left.

It seems he’s not one for overthinking his choices:

“I’ve never thought twice about this decision,” Kiffin said.

He then spoke about what it means to be the coach of the LSU Tigers.

“And even more,” Kiffin said. “From getting here and seeing when you play at home here and the stadium and the environment, and the state and the people, and how much support there is for football and then the kids in the state and how they play and how they love football.”

The Tigers are theoretically still in contention, but another defeat would shatter their postseason hopes.

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