Sports Ed Orgeron, LSU football parting ways; coach will be owed buyout of nearly $17.8 million October 17, 2021October 17, 2021Paul Myerberg, USA TODAYComments Off on Ed Orgeron, LSU football parting ways; coach will be owed buyout of nearly $17.8 million Promoted from interim coach early in the 2016 season, Ed Orgeron has gone 49-17 at LSU, with one SEC championship and one historic national title.