Former LSU football coach Brian Kelly was sent an official termination letter by the school the day before Thanksgiving.

The letter states Kelly was fired “without cause” and that Kelly will be paid the full $54 million buyout over a six-year period, Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger reported.

Kelly will need to meet the obligation to find another job in order to ensure he receives the full buyout amount.

Former Brian Kelly watches from the sideline in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Florida, AP

“The letter details Kelly’s responsibility to mitigate the buyout,” Dellenger reported . “That includes making ‘good-faith, reasonable and sustained efforts to obtain’ employment. LSU expects Kelly to ‘maintain reasonable documentation of’ his job search, including intervi

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