LSU Football: Ed Orgeron was able to come home because he didn’t get the job he deserved
By Zach Ragan
LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron was the USC Trojans interim head coach in 2013 after the firing of Lane Kiffin.
LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron desperately wanted to be the USC Trojans head coach in 2013.
After serving as USC’s defensive line coach from 2010-2013, Orgeron was named the Trojans’ interim head coach after Lane Kiffin was fired early in the 2013 season.
Orgeron proceeded to go 6-2 as the interim head coach. He was a candidate to be the permanent head coach, but the job instead went to Steve Sarkisian.
The Louisiana native was understandably crushed.
Watching Ed Orgeron choke up again over not getting the USC job six years later. Says it was the hardest thing since losing his father. Told me the same thing after the Alabama game. What an amazing man.
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) January 8, 2020
All these years later, USC is a complete mess. And Orgeron is thriving….as the head coach at LSU.
Of course, while Orgeron was upset in 2013 that he didn’t become the head coach of the Trojans, there’s zero part of him that would change the way everything worked out.
Coach O is now where he belongs — back home in Louisiana leading the Tigers into a national championship showdown against Clemson on Monday night in New Orleans.
It’s so unbelievable it almost reads like a movie script (now there’s a movie I’d actually go see).
All these years later, Orgeron understands why things happened the way they did.
LSU head coach Ed Orgeron talks about the blessing of being hired by Les Miles and the ability to see his kids play sports in his home state. #GeauxTigers #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/LyHUC439hf
— SKYBOAT (@TheSkyBoat) January 12, 2020
USC’s loss was LSU’s gain.
It’s funny how things work out sometimes.