India, Dec. 1 -- Lane Kiffin announced Sunday that he is leaving Ole Miss to become the next head coach at LSU.

Kiffin confirmed his decision in a social media post, saying, "After a lot of prayer and time spent with family, I made the difficult decision to accept the head coaching position at LSU."

"I was hoping to complete a historic six season run with this year's team by leading Ole Miss through the playoffs, capitalizing on the team's incredible success and their commitment to finish strong, and investing everything into a playoff run with guardrails in place to protect the program in any areas of concern. My request to do so was denied by Keith Carter despite the team also asking him to allow me to keep coaching them so they could...