Ever since Lane Kiffin was employed as the pinnacle soccer coach at Ole Miss in 2020, his title has been linked to openings at larger colleges on the finish of every season.
Rumors swirled in 2021 and ’22 that Kiffin would develop into the pinnacle coach at Miami and Auburn, respectively.
On Tuesday, Kiffin put any future rumors to relaxation by signing a five-year contract extension to remain at Ole Miss till 2028.
The extension proves that Kiffin has unfinished enterprise to are inclined to in Oxford.
Since 2021, the Rebels have compiled a 16-8 report in Southeastern Convention play, their greatest three-year stretch in convention video games since 1961 to ’63.
This season, Mississippi’s solely losses got here to Alabama and Georgia, every of whom went undefeated in regular-season SEC video games. In non-conference play, the Rebels handed Tulane its solely regular-season loss with a 37-20 street win on Sep. 9.
Kiffin has additionally made the a lot of the switch portal throughout his 4 seasons at Ole Miss. Junior quarterback Jaxson Dart is in his second season with the Rebels following a switch from USC. Every of Mississippi’s 4 main receivers this yr had been transfers as effectively – Tre Harris (Louisiana Tech), Dayton Wade (Western Kentucky), Jordan Watkins (Louisville) and Caden Prieskorn (Memphis).
The Rebels’ future is vivid as effectively with three of the highest 15 gamers in 247Sports’ switch portal rankings committing to Ole Miss – senior defensive ends Princely Umanmielen (Florida) and Tyler Baron (Tennessee) and senior vast receiver Antwane “Juice” Wells (South Carolina). 247Sports additionally predicts that its top-ranked participant within the portal – sophomore defensive lineman Walter Nolen – will switch from Texas A&M to Ole Miss.
Not solely is Kiffin seeking to make an even bigger run at Alabama and Georgia within the SEC, he is virtually completely pilfering from different convention rivals to take action. The SEC is simply getting larger as effectively with Texas and Oklahoma becoming a member of the coalition subsequent season.
After coping with hypothesis every offseason about their coach’s future, Ole Miss followers can breathe a sigh of reduction. Kiffin is not going anyplace, and a long-awaited berth within the School Soccer Playoff turns into more and more possible with every extra switch.