A private donor will reportedly. Some details have started to emerge from kelly's dismissal in death valley Mystery private donor is reportedly covering the bulk of the buyout after the lsu tigers fired head coach brian kelly.
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One mystery donor is reportedly covering most of brian kelly’s buyout at lsu and the internet is losing it trying to guess who it might be.
As @rossdellenger reported, lsu will continue paying kelly per his contract with a buyout resolution to be determined at a later… — matt moscona (@mattmoscona) october 27, 2025 according to wdsu’s travers mackel, a private donor will pay a majority of kelly’s buyout.
At texas a&m, fisher’s buyout was paid through a combination of money the athletic department sourced and money from the 12th man foundation, the university’s fundraising arm In the case of lsu, one donor will be paying the majority of kelly’s buyout, according to a report from new orleans local outlet wdsu. In the case of kelly’s contract, unidentified private donors have pledged to cover the cost of the buyout “if big billionaires want to spend all that kind of money, no problem.
