Ed Orgeron/LSU: An Interesting Termination Agreement By Martin J. Greenberg and Justin AltmanTermination Agreement • April 19th, 2022
Contract Type FiledApril 19th, 2022Ed Orgeron (Orgeron) has had an illustrious career as a college football coach. It all started in 1988 with Miami University and continued at Nicholas State, Syracuse, USC, Ole Miss, New Orleans Saints, Tennessee, USC, and finally a head coaching position at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 2016.1 Orgeron’s overall record at LSU was 49 wins and 19 losses, which included a National Championship in 2019, SEC Championship in 2019, and an SEC Western Division Championship in 2019.2 In 2019, Orgeron led LSU to an overall record of 15 and 0 in games played and a conference record of 8 and 0.3 As a result of the 2019 season, Orgeron was awarded in 2019 the Associated Press Coach of the Year, Home Depot Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, George Munger Award, Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award, and the SEC Coach of the Year.4 On January 13, 2020, Orgeron won his first National Championship as a head coach with a win over the unbeaten National Champion Clemson Univer