LSULanded2 legsSix Private-Jet Trips Traced LSU’s Pursuit of Lane Kiffin
Baton Rouge aircraft made six round trips to Oxford in 16 days, from a reported family visit through Kiffin’s move to LSU.
LSU’s pursuit of Lane Kiffin left a remarkably visible trail: six private-jet round trips between Baton Rouge and Oxford in 16 days. The sequence began Nov. 17, when N957CR made two round trips during a reported Kiffin family visit to Baton Rouge. N894LL followed on Nov. 21. On Nov. 30—hours before LSU announced the hire—N350PR and N957CR left Baton Rouge for Oxford within a minute of each other and returned that afternoon.
The Washington Post later reported that flight records it showed LSU booster Pepper Rutland contained exactly six Baton Rouge–Oxford round trips from Nov. 17 through Dec. 2. Rutland founded MMR Group, and FAA records connect N350PR and N957CR to MMR West. N894LL is registered to JLP Group, so the Post’s broader description of three MMR aircraft does not match the legal title on that HondaJet.
Nov 30, 4:47 PMThe final trip came Dec. 2, one day after Kiffin’s introductory news conference. LSU’s later travel report described a Baton Rouge–Oxford flight home for Kiffin and four relatives or staffers, but dated it Dec. 12. N957CR’s Dec. 2 movement is the only flight in the retained record that matches the reported route and trip shape. The public evidence does not provide a manifest for every leg, but together the six flights show how much travel sat behind LSU’s coaching search.
Lane Kiffin to LSU
Six reported round trips across four dates. Every flight links to its own report.
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- 9 days later2 flights
- Six Private-Jet Trips Traced LSU’s Pursuit of Lane KiffinN350PR · KBTR ↔ KUOXThis report
- Second LSU-linked jet confirmed in Kiffin's Oxford exitN957CR · KBTR ↔ KUOX
- 2 days later