The lawsuit between the LSU Board of Supervisors and former Tigers head coach Brian Kelly is now reportedly in the hands of the Louisiana Attorney General. Brandon Marcello of CBS Sports/247Sports reported the development on Tuesday afternoon.
Kelly’s ouster came on quickly after LSU‘s blowout home loss to Texas A&M last month. While the football program made a coaching change, it has become clear that the two sides did not have an agreement on Kelly’s massive buyout.
I'm told the LSU Board of Supervisors has handed over the lawsuit Brian Kelly filed on Monday evening against the Board regarding his contract to the Louisiana Attorney General.
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) November 11, 2025The coaching contract between LSU and Kelly stated the coach would be owed more than $53 million to be bought out of his contract. It also contained offset and mitigation language. Documents obtained by reporters have revealed that Kelly was initially offered $25 million and the elimination of mitigation and offset language. A second offer was made for a total of $30 million and the elimination of mitigation and offset language.
Kelly rejected both offers and set a Monday deadline for a written guarantee of his buyout to be paid. Early Tuesday morning, it was reported that LSU is now claiming Kelly was not formally terminated and the program is seeking to fire him for cause, in which case he would not be owed a buyout.
Brian Kelly's lawsuit against LSU states that LSU offered him a $25/30 million payment instead of $53m buyout w/ offset.He didn't accept but was open to more offers. Then LSU said they didn't actually fire him but could for cause.Our updated story: t.co/N9o3074nyg pic.twitter.com/vFOXjPCIlR
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) November 11, 2025The Attorney General’s involvement is only the latest development in what has become a politically-charged coaching change at LSU. Gov. Jeff Landry was reportedly directly involved in Kelly’s dismissal due to the absence of a full-time university president at the time. Landry then slammed since-fired LSU athletic director Scott Woodward in public comment and spoke out about the influence of agents while deriding coaching contracts.
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