With Lane Kiffin going from Oxford to Baton Rouge, LSU interim coach Frank Wilson can be going the opposite method. New Ole Miss coach Pete Golding is anticipated rent Wilson as an assistant coach, sources inform CBS Sports activities’ Matt Zenitz and Chris Hummer.
Throughout a gathering on Tuesday, Wilson knowledgeable LSU gamers and workers that he can be becoming a member of the Rebels after the Tigers’ matchup in opposition to Houston within the Texas Bowl on Dec. 27. After Brian Kelly was fired, Wilson was elevated to the function of interim coach and led the workforce to a 2-2 file with wins over Arkansas and Western Kentucky.
Whereas this can be a brand new gig for Wilson, there may be loads of familiarity with each Golding and Ole Miss. After touchdown the UTSA job in 2016, one of many first hires made was bringing in Wilson to be his defensive coordinator. Roughly a decade earlier, Wilson served because the working backs at particular groups coach for Ole Miss from 2005-07.
Wilson, 52, began his teaching profession again in 1996 as a graduate assistant at Nicholls State, his alma mater. Wilson then labored his method up the ranks of Louisiana highschool soccer earlier than becoming a member of the Ole Miss teaching workers in 2005. He additionally made stops at Southern Miss, Tennessee and LSU earlier than getting employed by UTSA.
In his 4 years with the Roadrunners, Wilson’s file was 19-29 with one bowl look. UTSA fired Wilson following the 2019 season, and he spent the following two years because the coach at McNeese State the place he went 7-11.
