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Lane Kiffin apologizes for saying 'diversity' gives him recruiting edge at LSU vs. Ole Miss

New York Post·Andrew Battifarano·20 days ago
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One day after Lane Kiffin opened up on why the location of Ole Miss hurt him in recruiting at his old school and how “diversity” has helped him at LSU, the college football coach apologized. Kiffin, in a lengthy interview with Vanity Fair , revealed that unspecified recruits told him while he was leading Ole Miss that certain players would have issues coming to the school. “[They would say], ‘Hey, Coach, we really like you. But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi,'” Kiffin told Vanity Fair. “That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus’ diversity feels so great: ‘It feels like there’s no segregation. And we want that for our kid because that’s the real world.'” LSU’s new head football coach Lane Kiffin gives an opening statement at an introductory news conference, Dec. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La. AP Kiffin didn’t cite specifics about what he meant by the diversity between the two schools.…

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