OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An hour north of here, late last night in a side room of Oklahoma State’s visiting locker room, after his team lost Bedlam 37–33, Lincoln Riley made clear that his next destination was not in the south.
“I’m not going to be the next head coach at LSU,” he said, shooting down unsubstantiated reports linking him to the Tigers’ opening.
Turns out, he’s going West.
Riley will be the next head coach at USC, one of the most significant coaching carousel moves in the modern history of college football—a coach moving from one elite Power 5 school to another.