Ed Orgeron Biography
Ed Orgeron(Fullname: Edward James Orgeron Jr.)is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Louisiana State University (LSU).
Orgeron previously served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 2005 to 2007 and was the interim head coach at the University of Southern California (USC) in 2013.
Together with Hebert, they played on the school’s Class 4A state championship team in 1977. Orgeron signed to play football at Louisiana State University but left the program after his first year to transfer to Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Ed Orgeron Age
Edward James Orgeron Jr. is an American football coach and former player. He was born on July 27. 1961 in Larose, Louisiana, United States. Edward is 58 years old as of 2019.
Ed Orgeron Family
He was born to Edward “Ba Ba” Orgeron Sr. (d. 2011) and Cornelia “CoCo” Orgeron, Ed and his brother Steve grew up in Larose, a town on the Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Ed is of Cajun descent.
Orgeron attended South Lafourche High School in Galliano, Louisiana with future Michigan Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Bobby Hebert.
Ed Orgeron Wife
He was previously married to Colleen Orgeron. He met his second wife, Kelly, at the 1996 Liberty Bowl and the couple has three boys. Upon returning to USC in 2010, Orgeron lived in a hotel across the street from the campus while his wife and children made their home in Louisiana.
Orgeron is known for his strong, gravelly voice, Cajun accent, and intensity while coaching. In 2006, during his time at Ole Miss, he was parodied in an internet video titled “Colonel Reb is Cryin’”.
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Coach O’s Voice Somehow Got Even Deeper With Audio Malfunction After LSU-Utah State Game
LSU’s blowout of Utah State on Saturday was rather uneventful. The game was essentially over from the start, with the Tigers outscoring their opponent every quarter in front of the home crowd. But, something interesting did happen right after the game. There looked to have been an audio malfunction during Coach Ed Orgeron’s on-field interview.
The LSU coach, already noted for his deep voice and Cajun accent, somehow had an even lower voice with this sound glitch. In fact, Orgeron sounded so unsettling that he actually had some people worried that there was a potential predator nearby.
Does Coach O want us to wrestle a gator?
Craigslist listing currently pending, but Orgeron is about as Louisiana as they come. His rise through the coaching ranks in Baton Rouge is one of the best stories in college football, and he even earned the full-time gig as Tigers’ head coach after a successful stint as an interim.
LSU, a perennial contender in the crowded SEC, has some tough questions to answer heading into Coach O’s third full season as the Tigers’ official head coach. For one, Joe Burrow must take a significant step forward should LSU have an actual chance to supplant Alabama in the SEC West. Perhaps a greater challenge is finding a transcription service for their head coach.
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LSU coach Ed Orgeron had the (inappropriate) quote of the year after Alabama win
LSU beat Alabama 46-41 in the most thrilling college football game of the season on Saturday night, a win that was a huge statement from the visiting Tigers.
The game has huge implications for the College Football Playoff, and while Alabama still has a path to get to the title game, it’s a really tough loss for the Crimson Tide.
On the flip, it’s a massive, massive win for LSU. They’re clearly the No. 1 team in the country right now, and quarterback Joe Burrow may have gone and won himself the Heisman tonight with that performance.
The best thing that may have happened on Saturday, however, was after the game. That’s when LSU coach Ed Orgeron talked to the team. And by “talked to the team,” I mean “screamed outrageous obscenities and gave us one of the quotes of the years.” “Roll Tide what? (Expletive) you!” is an all-timer, and I’m so happy we now have it in our lives.
LSU coach Ed Orgeron Talks Alabama and Loss of Michael Divinity During Monday’s Press Conference
When the clock strikes zero in the fourth quarter on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa, the fate of the 2019 LSU season may be defined by the outcome on the scoreboard.
Whether it’s a win or a loss for the Tigers against No. 2 Alabama, coach Ed Orgeron and the rest of the staff are making sure the LSU players are well equipped to handle whatever Nick Saban and company throw their way.
On Monday, Orgeron talked about the challenges a game of this magnitude presents while also revealing what the defense must now do with the loss of leader Michael Divinity at outside linebacker.
Orgeron has maintained his statement since last week that this LSU team will not be approaching the Alabama game any differently than any other game on the schedule.
“It’s the biggest game on our schedule but there’ll be bigger games down the road for us,” Orgeron said. “We understand, we have respect for Alabama, we understand what they do well, what we do well and it’s going to be a great game.”
The fourth-year Tiger coach says he learned many lessons from facing Alabama in the past, with the most important being not to overhype the game.
“There’s going to be enough hype out there, just stick to the fundamentals,” Orgeron said. “Although there are great wide receivers, great quarterbacks, you still battle with the line of scrimmage. We have to play well in every area and it goes back to fundamentals and this week, tackling is going to be a premium. They’re very dangerous in yards after contact.”
One of the areas Alabama excels in is getting its speedy receivers the ball on short routes and allowing them to make plays with their legs. Orgeron said a big goal for the secondary is to limit those slant routes Alabama is so proficient at, to three and four-yard gains instead of 10-15 yard gains.
That all starts with open-field tackling, an area that LSU has struggled within 2019.
“We were talking about that at six this morning,” Orgeron said. “I do believe if you’re playing man coverage, they’re probably going to catch the slant but it should be for a three or four-yard gain. The tackles we make in the open field are going to be critical. We’ll try to take those things away. It’s going to be a chess match.”
It goes without saying that this matchup will feature two of the country’s elite offenses, a far cry from that 2011 battle dominated by the defense. As a result, the matchup of Tua Tagovailoa vs Joe Burrow will be a major topic of conversation all week.
Both are considered frontrunners for the Heisman trophy, and a winning performance from either could be the knockout punch on the 2019 award for the most valuable college football player.
Orgeron said he’s looking forward to that battle, once again calling Burrow a top-five recruit in LSU history.
“I’m glad that we have a great quarterback and the championship teams that I’ve been on have always had a great quarterback,” Orgeron said. “I think our quarterback has it all. I think the one thing you’ll find about both [Joe and Tua] is that they’re about the team.and are unselfish.”
Early Monday morning, news broke that senior outside linebacker Michael Divinity Jr. would be leaving the program for “personal reasons.” During Monday’s press conference, Orgeron confirmed the news about the player that in 2018 led the team in sacks.
Later in the conference, Orgeron revealed the team would “not close the door” on a potential return to the team and would evaluate the situation as time goes on. Brody Miller of the Athletic reported that Divinity’s name card had already been removed in the locker room.
Divinity was seen as one of the leaders of the defense, leading the team in sacks in 2018, collecting three more in five appearances in 2019. The senior sat in three games this season due to “coaches decisions” and Miller reported that another incident may have led to his removal from the team.
Sophomore K’Lavon Chaisson takes most of the reps at outside linebacker anyway so the loss of Divinity is a hit in the depth department. Orgeron said Andre Anthony, Ray Thornton, and Marcel Brooks are likely candidates to see extended run with Divinity now away from the program.
In injury news, Orgeron said safety Grant Delpit is still dealing with a minor injury but that he will practice Monday with the hope he will be ready for Saturday’s game against the Crimson Tide.
“He’ll be totally healthy for the game Saturday,” Orgeron said.
In a game of this magnitude, Orgeron says it will take the team’s best player’s at their best in order to end that nasty eight-year losing streak to the Crimson Tide.
“I do believe that they don’t have to play any different than they’ve played in any other game this year,” Orgeron said. “They just need to play their best. I don’t want a player to go in there and think ‘I have to do something I’m not capable of doing.’ If we go in there and play our best in all three phases of the game, we’re going to be fine.”
Ed Orgeron Salary | Ed Orgeron Net Worth
Edward James Orgeron Jr. is an American football coach and former player. He was one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in the Pac-12 Conference, with an annual estimated salary of $650,000 thousand dollars. He has an estimated Net Worth of $4 million dollars as of 2019
LSU coach Ed Orgeron’s salary ranks among NCAA head coaches
Ed Orgeron’s $4 million per year salary at LSU is ranked 30th nationally among NCAA head football coaches, according to the annual coaches salary data that USA Today released on Wednesday.
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney leads all coaches with an annual salary of $9,255,000.
Orgeron, who in March received a two-year contract extension and a raise to $4 million per year, is tied with three other coaches at total annual salary: Chad Morris (Arkansas), Lovie Smith (Illinois) and Justin Fuente (Virginia Tech). Orgeron is tied with Morris for the eighth-highest annual salary in the Southeastern Conference.
Alabama’s Nick Saban leads the SEC with an $8,707,000 per year salary, which ranks second nationally only to Swinney.
Orgeron is in his third full season as LSU’s head coach, and the No. 2 Tigers (7-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) have risen to its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 since 2011 — when the program finished national runners-up in a loss to Alabama in the BCS national championship game.
LSU has won its first seven games for the first time since 2015, and last week, Orgeron was one of 22 coaches named to the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Midseason Watch List.
Orgeron’s assistant coaches also combined for the fifth-highest paid coaching staff in USA Today’s salary rankings in 2018. Defensive coordinator Dave Aranda was the highest-paid assistant in the nation with an annual salary of $2.5 million per year.
Ed Orgeron Past Teams Coached
Notable head coaches under whom Orgeron has served:
Jimmy Johnson: Miami (1988)
Dennis Erickson: Miami (1989–1992)
Pete Carroll: USC (2001–2004)
Lane Kiffin: USC (2010–2013)
Sean Payton: New Orleans Saints (2008)
Les Miles: LSU (2015–2016)
Ed Orgeron Height | Ed Orgeron Weight
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Ed Orgeron Coaching career
Early coaching years
Orgeron began coaching in 1984 as a graduate assistant at Northwestern State and the following year coached at McNeese State in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He then served two years as an assistant strength coach under Ken Hatfield at the University of Arkansas. In 1988, he began his tenure with the University of Miami, under then-head coach Jimmy Johnson and his successor, Dennis Erickson.
He was their defensive line coach for four of those years, in which he coached eight All-Americans (including NFL first-round draft choices Cortez Kennedy, Russell Maryland and Warren Sapp). While he was with the Hurricanes, the program won two national championships (in 1989 and 1991), and he recruited a young Dwayne Johnson (later known as “The Rock” in his professional wrestling and film careers) as a defensive lineman.
Ed Orgeron on his 1992 dismissal by Miami.
Starting in 1991, a series of personal problems began to surface for Orgeron: a local woman filed a restraining order against Orgeron, accusing him of repeatedly attacking her. In July 1992, Orgeron was arrested for his part in a bar fight in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Orgeron acknowledged he had been intoxicated that night and had grown angry when not allowed back inside to retrieve his credit card.
In October 1992, Orgeron took a leave of absence from the University of Miami coaching staff for personal reasons; the departure turned out to be a permanent one, however, and he was replaced by assistant coach Randy Shannon. Taking a respite from coaching, Orgeron worked on his personal life: the permanent injunction against him was eventually rescinded, and the felony second-degree battery charges he faced were dropped. He stayed with his parents in Larose, crediting his father for helping him get his life in order.
Orgeron returned to coaching in 1994, but as a volunteer linebackers coach at Nicholls State University. The following year, he moved from the south to the northeastern U.S., accepting a job with head coach Paul Pasqualoni’s staff at Syracuse University, where he coached the defensive line for three years. Orgeron credited Pasqualoni for giving him a second chance at major-college coaching (after his prior personal issues had damaged his ‘hireability’), and, helping him develop as a coach on- and off-the-field.
USC (first stint)
In 1998, Orgeron was hired by offensive guru Paul Hackett, the newly hired head coach of USC (the University of Southern California), to coach the Trojans defensive line. After Hackett’s 2000 firing, Orgeron was one of a handful of coaches retained by Hackett’s replacement, Pete Carroll, a defensive specialist. The two had met during a high school football game when Carroll was still only a candidate for the head coach position, and connected over their shared passion for recruiting.
During the Carroll years, USC enjoyed much success, including two (Associated Press) National Championships. Orgeron took on the added responsibility of Recruiting Coordinator in 2001 and was named assistant head coach in 2003. Orgeron won National Recruiter of the Year honors in 2004, the same year he was hired by Ole Miss to replace head coach David Cutcliffe.
Ole Miss
Upon arriving at Ole Miss, Orgeron attempted to bring USC’s passing game coordinator, Lane Kiffin, with him as the new offensive coordinator, but Kiffin opted to stay with the Trojans.
Entering the 2005 season, Orgeron had hoped to bring a USC-style offense to the Southeastern Conference (SEC), but found limited success. The University of Mississippi’s offense finished the season ranked 111th out of 117 Division I-A schools, in total offense; 115th in scoring; and, 116th in rushing. Orgeron’s defensive experience, along with returning linebacker Patrick Willis, helped the Rebel defense in 2005, but as a result of the offensive woes, the 2005 team struggled and finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses—the Rebels’ worst record since 1987.
In response to the results of his first season, Orgeron fired offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone, replacing him with former University of Miami offensive coordinator Dan Werner. Also, Orgeron hired Art Kehoe, the longtime offensive line coach at the University of Miami; both assistants had just been fired by the University of Miami. In 2006, Ole’ Miss finished the season ranked #108 in scoring offense, #111 in total offense, and #112 in passing offense.
Orgeron’s second recruiting class in February 2006 was successful, acquiring the written pledges of a national Top 15 signing class. He followed that with the 32nd ranked recruiting class in February 2007.
At Ole Miss, Orgeron recorded only two wins against teams with winning records (the 2005 and 2007 Memphis teams, which both finished at 7–5)—the fewest among active SEC coaches at the time. Until the 2007 season, he enjoyed the public support of The University of Mississippi’s chancellor Robert Khayat and other administrators with oversight of the football program, including Athletic Director Pete Boone.
In a November 2006 article in The Clarion-Ledger, Khayat said of Orgeron and the poor win/loss record since he was hired (7–14, at the time of the interview), “I think Coach Orgeron inherited a very difficult situation…I am 100 percent behind him, and I think that people ought to understand that he has a big challenge.”
In 2007, Ole Miss finished the season 0–8 against fellow SEC teams, and 3–9 overall. It was the program’s first winless (conference) season since 1982.
On November 24, 2007, after Ole Miss blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead to in-state rival Mississippi State in the season finale, Orgeron was fired. He was replaced by former University of Arkansas head coach Houston Nutt (who had resigned from the Arkansas program three days after Orgeron’s firing).
New Orleans Saints and Tennessee
On January 23, 2008, it was announced that Orgeron had been hired as the new defensive line coach of the National Football League’s New Orleans Saints.
On December 31, 2008, Orgeron accepted a position with the University of Tennessee under its new head coach: former USC assistant-coach colleague Lane Kiffin. He worked as associate head coach, recruiting coordinator, and defensive line coach.
USC (second stint)
Orgeron returned to USC’s assistant coaching staff on January 12, 2010, after Kiffin resigned from the University of Tennessee without notice to accept the USC head coach position vacated by Pete Carroll (who had returned to head coaching in the NFL). Orgeron was one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in the Pac-12 Conference, with an annual salary of $650,000.
It was announced on September 29, 2013—after Lane Kiffin’s firing—that Orgeron would be the interim head coach of the Trojans for the rest of the 2013 season until athletic director Pat Haden found a permanent replacement.
After his experience at Ole Miss, Orgeron decided to approach his second stint as a head coach differently. Instead of resuming the intense aggressiveness he had used as a defensive line and head coach, he used a different approach this time. Orgeron applied behavioral techniques he had used on his own teenage children, in an effort to approach his USC players “like my sons”.
After receiving much praise for their upset win at home over highly ranked Stanford, the Trojans suffered a humiliating 35–14 defeat to cross-town-rivals UCLA—for the second year in a row—on November 30, 2013. This greatly threatened Orgeron’s chances of winning the permanent head coach position.
The Trojans were 6–2 under Orgeron, finishing the regular season with a 9–4 record. On December 2, 2013, ESPN reported that another former USC assistant coach under Pete Carroll—Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian—had accepted USC’s offer to become the next Trojans head coach. After Orgeron was passed over for the job, he resigned.
LSU
On January 14, 2015, Orgeron was hired as the defensive line coach at Louisiana State University (LSU). On September 25, 2016, after LSU head coach Les Miles was fired following a loss to Auburn, Orgeron was named the team’s interim head coach.
Orgeron stated that he was going to “flip the script”. He promoted tight ends coach Steve Ensminger to offensive coordinator and brought back Pete Jenkins to take over as defensive line coach. Orgeron also decided to shorten practices and spend more time in the film room in order to keep players fresh.
In addition, he brought the “theme of daily practices” he modeled from coach Pete Carroll during Orgeron’s first stint as an assistant at USC. These practice days have descriptive nicknames like Tell the Truth Monday, Competition Tuesday, Turnover Wednesday, No Repeat Thursday, and Focus Friday.
Under Orgeron’s watch, LSU finished out the season with a 6–2 record. On November 26, 2016, LSU removed the “interim” tag from Orgeron’s title and formally named him as its 32nd full-time head coach.
The beginning of the 2017 season saw Orgeron hire Matt Canada to be the offensive coordinator. Canada was known for an offensive playbook that was heavily based on setting skilled positions in motion prior to the snap, thus using jet sweeps often. The season began with LSU ranked in the top 15, but early losses to Mississippi State and Troy quickly found LSU unranked. However, the team went 7–2 in their remaining games, finishing the year with a 9–4 record.
The 2018 season began with a season-opening upset of 8th-ranked Miami, followed by another upset of 7th-ranked Auburn. These victories helped LSU rise to 5th in the CFP rankings, but a loss to 25th-ranked Florida sent LSU tumbling back to 13th.
In response, the Tigers pulled off a shocking upset of #2 Georgia followed by avenging the previous year’s loss to Mississippi State. The victories over Georgia and Mississippi State propelled LSU to being ranked #3 by the CFP going into a game against top-ranked Alabama.
The LSU offense that had seemed to turn around after Steve Ensminger took over the duties of offensive coordinator was unable to score against Alabama’s defense. After the loss to Alabama, LSU was able to defeat Arkansas and Rice before falling to Texas A&M in a 7-overtime game.
With a 9–3 record, LSU was invited to the Fiesta Bowl to play the University of Central Florida, who had not lost a game in the previous two seasons. On New Years Day 2019, LSU defeated UCF and gave UCF their first loss since 2016.
LSU finished the 2018 season with a record of 10–3 and was ranked sixth in the nation by the AP poll and seventh by the Coaches poll. LSU was not predicted to have a good season in 2018, and some, including respected SEC commentator Paul Finebaum, believed it would be Orgeron’s last. However, the successful season earned Orgeron a contract extension through the 2022 season.
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