Ed Orgeron names what it'd take for him to return to coaching

Ed Orgeron’s six-year LSU tenure had some high highs to start and some low lows by the end. His first three seasons led to bowl appearances in each one. That was followed by an undefeated 2019 season where he’d lead the Tigers to a National Championship in the College Football Playoff. From there began the fall from grace. In his final two seasons, Coach ‘O finished with an 11-11 record. He and the school agreed to part ways after this final season in ’21-’22.

Now that he’s been away from football for nearly half a year, those around the game are speculating what it would take to bring him back into the fold. In an interview on 1010 XL Radio in Jacksonville, Orgeron say it would take the right job to get him back.

“(I’d want to) if the right situation came around,” Orgeron said. “There’s gotta be something that I really feel that’d be the right situation. Sometimes you could take the wrong one and could end your career not very positive. I want to be in a positive situation where I can win.”

Considering all things, positivity and winning is the least a head coach can ask for. Those were two things that did not define his final seasons in Baton Rouge. It may not be seen as a positive to have to step down from your job, but Orgeron says the time away has helped him set his sons up for success.

“I wanted to take this year off for a reason,” he said. “I got three, great young boys. They were going to coach with me at LSU. Now that I’m not, I had to help put them in places where I thought they could have success. It looks like we’re putting the final pieces together. They’re all gonna be working and they want to coach.”

At least two of Orgeron’s sons have jobs heading into next season. Cody Orgeron will intern as an offensive analyst at Miami while Parker Orgeron will join Louisiana-Lafayette in the same role. Meanwhile, Tyler Orgeron was on his father’s staff last season at LSU as an analyst as well.

At the end of the day, though, he may just be ready to call it a career. At 60 years old with ten years experience as a head coach and many more as a player and assistant, Orgeron has given college football a lot of his life. Now that he’s out, he may use the opportunity to officially call it a career.

“Think about this. I’ve went to university for 43 years. It’s time to graduate, right?,” he said. “It’s been good to take the year off and to get my boys settled. Now, we’ll see what happens.”