Lane Kiffin will not only be staying at Ole Miss rather than taking the job at SEC West rival Auburn, but he’s getting a significant contract extension from the school, sources tell Sports Illustrated‘s Ross Dellenger.
Kiffin is signing a six-year contract extension that has roll-over provisions that can extend it to eight years. He’ll make an average of $9 million per year with the deal, sources tell Dellenger.
While Mississippi state law does not allow for public employees to have contracts of more than four years, the deal is being run through Ole Miss’s private foundation, per Dellenger, allowing for the lengthy new deal for Kiffin.