has hired offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. and five other assistant coaches for Lane Kiffin鈥檚 staff after they followed him from Ole Miss, according to copies of their term sheets obtained Monday night by 抖阴h.
Weis signed a three-year deal worth $6 million. His annual salary starts at $1.9 million, which would have made him one of the top-10 highest-paid assistants in the country this year, and increases annually over the course of the agreement until he earns $2.1 million in 2028.
It would cost Weis an estimated $5.7 million if he left LSU for another college job before the end of March 2026 because of a termination clause in his deal that requires him to pay 300% of his then-current salary, making it difficult for anyone to hire him away before his first season at LSU.
Weis first overlapped with Kiffin as a graduate assistant at Alabama, and he worked with him at both Florida Atlantic and Ole Miss. They have to overhaul an LSU offense that ranks 108th in the country in scoring at 21.8 points per game. LSU fired offensive coordinator Joe Sloan in the middle of the season after dismissing head coach Brian Kelly.
LSU also agreed to terms with co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Joe Cox, wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator George McDonald, inside wide receivers coach Sawyer Jordan, head of strength and conditioning Nick Savage and senior executive director of player personnel Mike Williams.
All of them are on two-year agreements except Jordan, an analyst at Ole Miss this fall who has a one-year deal. Cox will make $800,000 per year, while Savage and McDonald both make an average of $825,000 per year.
They all have similar termination clauses in their agreements that would require them to pay 300% of their then-current salary to leave before the end of March 2026.
While Kiffin has now solidified most of his offensive staff, he still will need an offensive line coach and a running backs coach. He may consider retaining LSU running backs coach Frank Wilson, who will serve as the interim head coach through the bowl game and has expressed a desire to stay on staff.
LSU is also expected to hire general manager Billy Glasscock, senior associate athletic director for football operations Thaddeus Rivers and defensive analyst Chris Kiffin after they flew Sunday with Kiffin to Baton Rouge.
The hires clarified what most of the offensive staff will look like next season. On the other side of the ball, sources said LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker will be under serious consideration to be retained. Baker interviewed Monday with Tulane, his alma mater.