Ed Orgeron seen attending Baylor vs. UCF game at the Bounce House

Baylor had a big supporter on the sideline during Saturday’s game against UCF. Former LSU coach Ed Orgeron was seen at the Bounce House wearing a Bears t-shirt.

Of course, there’s a connection between Orgeron and Baylor. Head coach Dave Aranda worked under Coach O from 2016-19, serving as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator as LSU made its run to a national title in 2019. After that season, he took over at Baylor, where he has a 21-19 record over three-plus years.

This year hasn’t started very well for Aranda and the Bears, though. They brought a 1-3 record into Saturday’s matchup with UCF, and the struggles continued in the early going. The Knights jumped out to a 28-7 lead in the first half.

Ed Orgeron is here at the Bounce House cheering on Baylor. Coach O was also at the UCF-Tulane road game last year. pic.twitter.com/IGBEWb77St

— Brandon Helwig (@UCFSports) September 30, 2023

Oregeron didn’t coach last year after coming to a separation agreement with LSU and is still out of the game this season. He has made his rounds over the last couple years, though, visiting Notre Dame and Miami last year.

Orgeron’s name also infamously came up in rumors about the vacant Northwestern job after the Wildcats fired Pat Fitzgerald. However, he shot those down quickly — ironically, from the campus of Northwestern State.

“I started getting all these messages,” Orgeron told Sheldon Mickles of The Advocate, with a laugh. “… Man, I don’t know where they get this stuff.”

It sounds like Ed Orgeron is enjoying life away from the football field

While Orgeron isn’t coaching, he’s keeping busy at the moment, enjoying the money LSU is paying him to not coach their team, and loving retirement and the time it affords him to be a father.

“In refuting the report, Orgeron said he’s happily retired and enjoys being a dad to his three sons — all of whom are coaching on the collegiate level,” wrote Mickens.

“He made sure to note that he can do whatever he wants when he wants to, and he thoroughly loves his current situation after agreeing to a $16.9 million settlement with LSU when the school parted ways with him. Orgeron said he jogs 4.2 miles every day and enjoys working out.”

Nowadays, Orgeron spends his time living in both Baton Rouge and Miami, and he’s in no rush to be on the sidelines, not looking to return to working the long hours of coaching and working “5 a.m. to 11 p.m. all those years.”

“I’m done with that,” Orgeron said to Mickens, smiling his way through the entire situation.

On3’s Steve Samra contributed to this report.