Lane Kiffin is the leading candidate to become the next head coach at Mississippi, sources tell ESPN.
Barring a setback in talks, Kiffin would return to the Southeastern Conference where he was coach at Tennessee for one season (2009) and an offensive coordinator under Nick Saban at Alabama from 2014-2016.
Kiffin, 44, has been head coach at Florida Atlantic the last three seasons. The Owls have won 10 games each of the last two years and are in the Conference USA championship game for the second straight year, this time against UAB.
Kiffin would replace Matt Luke at Ole Miss and become the Rebels' fourth different head coach in the last 10 seasons.