Mississippi teach Lane Kiffin says he has knowledgeable school officials he may be staying at Ole Miss, setting an cease to hypothesis that he turned into the leading candidate to fill the pinnacle coaching emptiness at Auburn.
“Same as I stated remaining week: I’m staying here and we’ve plenty of paintings left to do,” Kiffin told The Associated Press on Saturday in a voice message.
Kiffin brought he has not signed a agreement extension with the school.
With Kiffin off the marketplace, Auburn is now eyeing a former Mississippi teach: Liberty’s Hugh Freeze.
The 47-yr-old Kiffin is 23-12 in 3 seasons as Rebels train. No. 20 Mississippi finished its regular season 8-four, dropping 4 of its last 5, such as Thursday’s 24-22 loss to Mississippi State.
Auburn became playing Saturday at No. 8 Alabama in the Iron Bowl, and its education seek figured to heat up quickly after its season concluded.
Auburn fired train Bryan Harsin earlier this month and has long gone 2-1 in view that beneath interim educate Carnell Williams, the former big name strolling again for the Tigers.A person familiar with the quest told the AP that Freeze is a candidate at Auburn. The character spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity Saturday because Auburn changed into no longer making information of its search public.After Liberty lost forty nine-14 at domestic to New Mexico State on Saturday, Freeze did now not cover his interest in a likely return to the Southeastern Conference.
“I’ve communicated with (Liberty athletic director) Ian (McCaw) that if someone ever wanted to talk to us that pursuits us, I would constantly tell him. Is the activity that everyone’s talking about one that I might have an interest in of speakme with? Sure,” Freeze advised journalists after the game. “That doesn’t imply they have got provided me a task. Who knows wherein that’s headed.”
Freeze coached at Ole Miss for five seasons before leaving in disgrace in 2017 after the faculty located he used a university mobile phone to call an escort provider.
He has long past 34-14 in 4 seasons with the Flames.
“I’ve constantly said I love being right here on the Mountain, I’m happy right here, but I’m now not going to sit and say to our kids or any individual that’s simply virtually false, there’s no interest in it,” Freeze stated. “The element that’s fake is there’s been no provide made to me, nor have I widely wide-spread something. I think that’s what our youngsters got here in the locker room type of feeling.”