BREAKING: Lane Kiffin To Sign Contract Extension With Ole Miss, Per Report

It appears that the Lane Kiffin saga of the last two weeks is finally coming to an end.

OXFORD, Miss. — Reports on Friday indicate that head coach Lane Kiffin intends to sign a contract extension with the Ole Miss Rebels. Kiffin's new contract is expected to be in the $9 million range.

Chris Low of ESPN was the first to report the news.

Lane Kiffin told ESPN this morning he’s staying at @OleMissFB and signing an extension. “I had a meeting with the team and the staff and told them I was staying and it would be announced after the game. I didn’t want it to be about me staying before the game, but about the team.”

— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) November 26, 2022

Some of the details of Kiffin’s contract were released by Ross Dellenger on Saturday morning.

Clarifying: the base contract is six years with roll-overs to extend to eight.

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) November 26, 2022

After the Rebels' loss in the annual Egg Bowl to the Mississippi State Bulldogs, many of the questions to head coach Lane Kiffin in the postgame press conference were related to his future in Oxford.

Kiffin was asked in the first question of the press conference if he anticipates on being the head coach of the Rebels next season.

"I do," Kiffin said.

Later, he was asked more pointedly if Auburn offered its head coaching position to him, if he planned on staying at Ole Miss. Kiffin also answered this question affirmatively, although he did not give a timetable as to when he might sign a contract extension with the Rebels.

The Rebels lost four of its last five games after starting the year 7-0, and the Egg Bowl loss capped off a disappointing conclusion to their regular season. It's possible that the rumors surrounding Kiffin's future impacted this team down the stretch, but, for now, it appears that those rumors have been put to rest.

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