Run game coordinator and tight ends coach Alex Atkins has a new title at LSU: interim offensive coordinator.

Atkins, who spent the previous three seasons as offensive coordinator at Florida State, was elevated on Monday when the Tigers continued cleaning house after firing head coach Brian Kelly. Offensive coordinator Joe Sloan was let go 24 hours after official word of Kelly’s ouster broke on Sunday.

Sloan spent four years on the LSU coaching staff and was in his second season calling plays for the Tigers. He’s heavily credited for helping spark Jayden Daniels’ meteoric rise and the 2024 production from quarterback Garrett Nussmeier (4,052 yards, 29 touchdowns)

The Tigers (5-3, 2-3 SEC) have lost three of their last four games and are last in the conference in rushing and 96th in the F

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