Lane Kiffin laughs off Michigan head-coaching rumors amid Sherrone Moore controversy

Chaos occurred successful assemblage shot connected Wednesday arsenic Michigan fired caput manager Sherrone Moore arsenic the schoolhouse said helium had an "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer. He was aboriginal jailed amid an "assault investigation."

Moore’s dismissal instantly acceptable up the assemblage shot coaching carousel erstwhile again conscionable aft it appeared the particulate had settled. One sanction that instantly popped up was caller LSU Tigers caput manager Lane Kiffin.

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LSU caput manager Lane Kiffin speaks astatine South Stadium Club astatine Tiger Stadium connected Dec. 1, 2025. (Matthew Hinton/Imagn Images)

Kiffin already created consternation astir his determination to permission the Ole Miss Rebels for LSU up of the team’s College Football Playoff selection. Instead of perchance starring the Rebels to glory, helium volition effort to assistance rebuild LSU into the powerhouse that it erstwhile was.

Barstool Sports laminitis Dave Portnoy wrote connected societal media that Michigan should treble what LSU paid Kiffin to instrumentality the Tigers’ job. But Kiffin chopped the sportfishing line.

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Michigan caput manager Sherrone Moore watches from the sideline during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Ohio State, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, successful Ann Arbor, Michigan. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

"Instead @stoolepresidente you #ComeToTheBoot Together we can’t beryllium beat," helium wrote.

Portnoy appeared to determination connected from Kiffin hours aboriginal arsenic helium named a fewer coaches who helium would similar to spot instrumentality implicit the Michigan job. He named Jon Gruden, Nick Saban, Oregon’s Dan Lanning, Army’s Jeff Monken, Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea, Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham and Colorado’s Deion Sanders.

For now, Michigan named Biff Poggi its interim manager arsenic the squad prepares for the Citrus Bowl against the Texas Longhorns.

LSU President Wade Rousse, left, and diversion manager Verge Ausberry, right, airs with caller caput shot manager Lane Kiffin aft after an introductory quality conference, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP)

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Moore was jailed precocious Wednesday. No charges were filed against him.

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