Ed Orgeron Brushes Off Rumor He’s Interested in Northwestern Job

The veteran coach was reportedly interested in the vacancy.

After Northwestern fired Pat Fitzgerald earlier this week, the school reportedly named defensive coordinator David Braun as the interim head coach. At the end of the year, though, Northwestern will have to fill that role permanently.

For a moment, it was reported that former LSU head coach Ed Orgeron was interested in the job, whenever Northwestern chooses to hire a permanent coach. However, Orgeron quickly spoke with The Athletic and Fox Sports’ Bruce Feldman to deny the report Wednesday night.

“Spoke to Ed Orgeron,” Feldman tweeted. “There is no truth to the report that he has any interest in the Northwestern coaching job nor has he heard from anyone at Northwestern.”

On Thursday, Orgeron went further on the record, saying the report was untrue and that he is happy in retirement.

“Man, I don’t know where they get this stuff,” Orgeron said, via The Advocate.

Orgeron was a longtime college football assistant who got a head coaching opportunity with Ole Miss in the mid-2000s. A decade later, LSU promoted Orgeron to replace Les Miles, and he led the team to a National Championship in 2019 before getting fired in ’21.

The 61-year-old is now a popular name whenever a job opens, but he appears to be happy where he is.

“I’m done with that,” Orgeron told The Advocate.

In total, Orgeron had a 67–47 record as a head coach, and was 51–20 with LSU.