LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker is staying on the Tigers’ staff under head coach Lane Kiffin after receiving head coaching interest, Kiffin confirmed Friday night in a social media post.

Baker interviewed Monday for the open Tulane job and was a person of interest for Memphis, but Kiffin said Baker "is going nowhere.” Kiffin wanted to keep Baker on staff, and LSU has been working to sign him to a new contract extension.

WDSU first reported that Baker withdrew his name for consideration from the Tulane job late Friday night while the Green Wave were playing in the American Athletic Conference championship game against North Texas.

Baker is entering the last year of the three-year, $2.5 million deal he signed upon coming to LSU from Missouri. He restored LSU’s defense over the p

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