Pete Golding is now 2–0 as head coach, winning a pair of College Football Playoff games to open his tenure leading Ole Miss after the abrupt departure of former Rebels coach Lane Kiffin to LSU at the end of the regular season. Through wins over Tulane and Georgia, he’s had the help of a number of outgoing members of the coaching staff who will join Kiffin in Baton Rouge. With less than a week until a trip to the Fiesta Bowl to face Miami with a national championship appearance on the line, Golding doesn’t know exactly how many of them will remain with the program.
Golding told reporters Saturday that it is ultimately up to LSU to decide which coaches can continue to pull double-duty with Mississippi, as the transfer portal officially opened on Jan. 2. The portal period, which runs through Jan. 16, is now the only one of year, making it extremely important as teams look to rebuild their rosters. It is logical that Kiffin and LSU wants his staff paying 100% attention to the task at hand, but it is still a bit unfathomable that the Rebels could lose a large chunk of its coaches between the CFP quarterfinals and semifinals.
