Brian Kelly has finally broken his silence more than a week after he was fired by LSU.
The 64-year-old head coach took to social media and released a statement about his time with the Tigers. It is transcribed below.
Kelly ended the statement with “Geaux Tigers” and his signature.
Brian Kelly’s record at LSU
In four seasons at LSU, Kelly went 34-14 and 19-10 in the SEC. After the Tigers hired him away from Notre Dame on a 10-year, $95 million contract in late 2021, much was expected of the program. He never reached those highs.
LSU went 10-4 in 2022, then followed that up by going 10-3 in 2023. But the Tigers fell to 9-4 in 2024 and opened the 2025 campaign at 5-3, with three losses in Kelly’s final four games.
Things were so untenable for LSU that the university fired Kelly while it still owed him a massive buyout worth more than $53 million. The now-former coach has indicated he may be willing to come to a settlement on his buyout.
With Kelly gone, LSU’s search for a new head football coach has begun, but there has already been a lot of drama surrounding it.
We’ll see where the university goes next after Kelly finally said goodbye.
