The search for LSU’s next coach heads east to the Big 12. In the Big 12 you have a conference that will look very different, most definitely in the next decade, likely even sooner.
LSU’s coaching targets in the Big 12 start with the biggest name in the group: Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley. At this point Riley’s story is pretty well known: former quarterback under Mike Leach, turned guru OC, and eventually handed the Oklahoma program when Bob Stoops retired. Under Riley, the Sooners have never failed to reach a NY6 Bowl and Riley has posted double digit wins all but one year, which was shortened due to COVID, and he has won the Big 12 in each year he has been the head coach.