Lane Kiffin’s daughter convinced him to stay at Ole Miss, ESPN E:60 trailer reveals
An emotional moment involving Landry Kiffin helped steer Lane Kiffin away from a reported Auburn pursuit in 2022, a scene highlighted in the ESPN E:60 documentary trailer.
A teaser for ESPN's E:60 documentary The Many Lives of Lane Kiffin reveals that Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin was weighing a move to Auburn in 2022, but an emotional moment with his daughter helped him decide to stay in Oxford.
In 2022, Landry moved from Los Angeles to Oxford to finish high school and enrolled at Ole Miss, a development tied to her father’s coaching future. Landry said she liked Ole Miss and did not want to relocate, and she and friends produced a slideshow set to a somber song. They presented it to Kiffin on a projector in his office, and the moment prompted tears that, she says, helped him commit to remaining with the Rebels. The episode underscores how family life and football intersect in Kiffin’s publicly documented story.
Kiffin has since described his choice as one driven in part by Ole Miss’s role in his life at that moment, saying he needed the program more than it needed him, and that the situation gave him a second chance at being an in-person parent. He noted that the pregnancy of time and family priorities influenced his perspective as he navigated questions about his coaching future.
Landry and Kiffin have grown closer through their shared media presence, including TikTok videos that often feature the daughter-dad dynamic. The documentary also touches on Landry’s arrival in Mississippi and how her presence has shaped the family’s bond with the Ole Miss program. In a broader arc, the film situates Kiffin’s legacy within the larger context of a high-profile SEC program navigating success on the field and stability at home.
In late September 2025, Landry Kiffin and LSU junior linebacker Whit Weeks appeared to make their relationship official on Instagram. Weeks, labeled as one of the nation’s top tacklers, finished No. 2 in the league with 125 tackles as a sophomore. No. 4 LSU was scheduled to visit No. 13 Ole Miss in a clash of undefeated SEC teams, adding an extra layer of intrigue to a week already infused with social-media buzz around the Kiffin family. Kiffin himself engaged with the moment in lighthearted fashion on social media, prompting discussion about mind games ahead of the game and adding a wink to the national narrative surrounding the Rebels and Tigers.
The Many Lives of Lane Kiffin is set to premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, offering a deeper look at how family dynamics intersect with a high-profile coaching career and a program’s trajectory.
