BATON ROUGE — LSU will hire current Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin for the same position.
Kiffin posted a statement announcing the move on his social media.
On Sunday, Kiffin informed his team of his decision during a team meeting.
Kiffin will be introduced as the Tigers' head coach on Monday with the time to be announced.
Saturday afternoon, one day following the Rebels' 38-19 Egg Bowl win over Mississippi State, Kiffin and Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter met to discuss his future with the program.
Following the nearly four-hour conversation, Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports tweeted that LSU would be sending two planes to Oxford on Sunday for Kiffin, his family, and others.
The highly anticipated news continued to heat up when On3's Brett McMurphy outlined Kiffin's desire fin

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