Brian Kelly was fired by LSU as head coach last fall and replaced by Lane Kiffin. Tyler Kaufman / Getty ImagesJune 24, 2026 Updated 4:50 pm EDTFormer LSU and Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is in discussions with CBS Sports to join its college football coverage, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Athletic on Wednesday.Kelly’s full role with the network is still to be determined and a deal is not done, the source said. He worked as a studio analyst for CBS Sports Network for its NFL Draft coverage this spring.Kelly was fired last October by LSU after going 34-14 in three-plus seasons. Kelly, 64, previously went 113-40 in 12 years at Notre Dame and was also the head coach at Cincinnati, Central Michigan and Grand Valley State.CBS airs a weekly Big Ten game, and it also has deals with the Mountain West, Pac-12, Conference USA and MAC, plus Army, Navy and UConn, with those games primarily airing on CBS Sports Network. CBS moved Charles Davis from NFL game analysis to be its lead Big Ten game analyst alongside Brad Nessler after the retirement of Gary Danielson.
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