When LSU chose Lane Kiffin to lead its football program, it hired one of the country’s most well-known coaches to take over one of its most storied programs. But not every coach to walk the sideline in Baton Rouge has been nearly so prestigious, successful or even memorable.

Here are all 34 men (not including interims), starting with a professor in sugar chemistry who coached one game and ending with Kiffin and his nearly $100 million contract, to have held the position of LSU football coach.

Dr. Charles E. Coates

Years as head coach: 1893 (1 season)

Record: 0-1

The namesake of Coates Hall on LSU’s campus, he played football at Johns Hopkins and volunteered to organize the first team at LSU but coached only one game, a 34-0 loss to Tulane played with ROTC students. He was better kno

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