On3's Chris Low: LSU OC Charlie Weis Jr. turns down NFL interest

LSU offensive coordinator and first-year head coach Lane Kiffin‘s right-hand man on offense is Charlie Weis Jr. – and the buzz around his potential departure for the NFL can now be put to rest.

When Kiffin was named LSU Football’s head coach after the 2025 season, Weis was on the private jet to Baton Rouge as the program’s new offensive coordinator.

Upon arrival, Weis pulled double-duties balancing his new role at LSU while coaching Ole Miss in the playoffs. When the Rebels lost in the semifinals, things didn’t slow down for the 32-year old play-caller.

From a deep dive into the returning LSU roster to a daily pursuit of transfer portal additions, the month of January was jam-packed. Then, toss in the phone calls from NFL teams inquiring about his interest in leaving Baton Rouge just a month after arriving.

Now, LSU fans – and Weis – can take a deep breath.

On3’s Chris Low spoke with Weis on Monday and confirmed he will not entertain job offers elsewhere and plans to be LSU’s offensive coordinator next fall.

“Charlie Weis Jr. continues to receive interest from NFL teams, and given the job he did with the Ole Miss offense, he will remain a commodity,” Low said. “The Eagles did reach out about their OC job, but Weis tells me he’s 100 percent committed to LSU and wants to stay in the college game.”

Given the red-hot run Kiffin has been on, keeping Weis on staff to help spark an LSU offense that sputtered in recent years ranks among the biggest wins he’s had since leaving Ole Miss to coach the Tigers. Just like keeping staff continuity on defense was viewed as a big win after defensive coordinator Blake Baker turned down the head coaching job at Tulane to remain at LSU, keeping Weis from bolting for the NFL after bringing all but one of the on-field coaches from the Ole Miss offensive staff is just as big.

Ole Miss has had one of the NCAA’s best offenses in recent years, and Kiffin and Weis being at the wheel played a big role in that sustained success. Now, LSU can rest a bit easier knowing a coaching relationship more than a decade in the making will continue in Kiffin’s first season with the Tigers.

Weis, the son of former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis, was a student manager at Kansas before he landed a job on Nick Saban’s Alabama staff as an offensive assistant ahead of the 2015 season.

The offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Tide: Lane Kiffin.

It was the start of a coaching relationship that has since blossomed into one of the best 1-2 punches of offensive minds in college football.

When Kiffin left Alabama to become the head coach at Florida Atlantic, he took the Owls to an 11-3 finish in Year 1, marking the first double-digit win season since becoming an FBS program.

Ahead of Year 2, Kiffin reached out to Weis to join the staff as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Weis was only 24 years old, but Kiffin was prepared to name him the youngest coordinator in the history of Division I football.

After two seasons together at FAU, Kiffin landed the head coaching job at Ole Miss. Weiss joined Jeff Scott as the new offensive coordinator at South Florida, but their time apart didn’t last long.

After two seasons in Oxford, Kiffin – once again – reached out to Weis to become his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. And, success followed.

In four seasons with Kiffin at Ole Miss, the Rebels never finished outside the Top 3 in total offense in the SEC – and the tandem helped lead the program to the No. 1 offense in the SEC the past two seasons.

Since he joined Kiffin at LSU, multiple NFL teams expressed interest in Weis as a potential hire for vacant offensive coordinator roles, most notably the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants.

Weis spoke with the Eagles about the opening, per The Athletic’s Dianna Russini. However, the discussion was short-lived, with Russini reporting Weis informed Philadelphia he planned to remain with Kiffin and coach at LSU during the upcoming 2026 season.

Weis had also been mentioned as a potential candidate for the New York Giants given his ties to starting quarterback Jaxon Dart, who played under Weis at Ole Miss. The Giants hired Jim Harbaugh as the team’s new head coach, and former LSU assistant Todd Monken has been circled as a top candidate.

No matter which direction the Giants go – or any NFL team – this week’s statement from Weis to On3’s Chris Low was loud and clear.

Kiffin’s offensive coordinator is “100 percent committed to LSU”.