The 2024 LSU Tigers football team will represent
Louisiana State University
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(LSU) as a member of the
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC) during the
2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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. The Tigers are led by
Brian Kelly who is currently in his third year as LSU's head coach. The Tigers will play their home games at
Tiger Stadium located in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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.
Offseason
On December 27, 2023, Offensive Coordinator
Mike Denbrock was announced as the new Offensive Coordinator at
Notre Dame
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after 2 seasons at LSU.
On January 3, 2024, Head Coach Brian Kelly announced that LSU would part ways with Defensive Coordinator Matt House, Cornerbacks Coach
Robert Steeples
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, Safeties Coach
Kerry Cooks
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Biography
Cooks was born on March 28, 1974 in Dallas, Texas. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where he was a team captain on the football team, and is ...
, and Defensive Line Coach Jimmy Lindsey prior to the 2024 season.
On January 5, 2024,
Missouri
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defensive coordinator
Blake Baker was hired by LSU to become their new defensive coordinator after two seasons at Missouri, replacing House. Baker was previously the linebackers coach at LSU in
2021
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prior to his hiring by Missouri.
Schedule
LSU and the SEC announced the 2024 football schedule on December 13, 2023. The Tigers will not play
Auburn for the first time since 1991 and
Mississippi State
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for the first time since 1943, when State did not field a team during
World War II
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, and the first time in a season when both teams fielded a team since 1925.
Personnel
Roster
Game summaries
vs. USC
vs Nicholls
at South Carolina
vs UCLA
vs South Alabama
vs Ole Miss
at Arkansas
at Texas A&M
vs Alabama
at Florida
vs Vanderbilt
vs Oklahoma
References
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LSU
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LSU Tigers football seasons
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football program, also known as the Fighting Tigers, represents Louisiana State University in college football. The Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and ...