Coaches / Head coach / Lane Kiffin
Form · last two seasons
86
▲ Overperforming +6
Rating80recent
Peak86best 5 yrs
Career78whole career
confidence
Lane Kiffin
Head Coach · LSU
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
42
continuity at LSU · early
Seasons here1
Programs6
Stints6
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating80Form86▲ 6 over-performingPeak86Career78
2009–2026 · 15 seasonsRecord 117-53National titles 0Great seasons 2 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 80: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 86: best five-season stretch, 2022–2026 at Ole Miss and LSU (40-11, 2 top-10 seasons by team strength).
- Career 78 (#76 since 1936): total accomplishment over 15 seasons (117-53), 0 national titles, 2 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Proven at 2 programs: Florida Atlantic · Ole Miss.
Over expectation · 2016 on80Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
Program lift83
Evaluation43
Results84
Recruiting68
Staff building83
Game management51
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LSU | 0-0 | #4 | +1.86 SD |
| 2025 | Ole Miss | 11-1 | #12 | +1.36 SD |
| 2024 | Ole Miss | 10-3 | #5 | +1.72 SD |
| 2023 | Ole Miss | 11-2 | #16 | +1.27 SD |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 8-5 | #25 | +0.92 SD |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | 10-3 | #13 | +1.16 SD |
| 2020 | Ole Miss | 5-5 | #22 | +0.51 SD |
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | 11-3 | #33 | +0.61 SD |
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 5-7 | #86 | -0.32 SD |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 11-3 | #33 | +0.72 SD |
| 2013 | USC | 3-2 | #19 | +1.12 SD |
| 2012 | USC | 7-6 | #20 | +1.00 SD |
| 2011 | USC | 10-2 | #11 | +1.28 SD |
| 2010 | USC | 8-5 | #19 | +1.02 SD |
| 2009 | Tennessee | 7-6 | #21 | +0.92 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating71Peak71
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Alabama | 0.11 | — | 0.52 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.