Weis to be highest paid SEC OC with $7.5 million deal

By Hunt Palmer

Charlie Weis Jr. will be the highest paid offensive coordinator in the SEC in 2026.

That will be true in 2027 and 2028 assuming he’s with LSU and under the contract he’s agreed to according to Wilson Alexander of The Advocate. The deal is for three years and will pay Weis a total of $7.5 million. There is a clause to reassess his salary to ensure he remains atop the SEC in compensation annually.

LSU and offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. reached an amended three-year, $7.5M deal this week, per his new term sheet, after there was interest from Ole Miss in keeping him. It includes an annual “look-in” to always make him the highest-paid SEC OC.https://t.co/H6uqhrE1Hj

— Wilson Alexander (@whalexander_) December 10, 2025

Weis and Lane Kiffin have worked wonders at Ole Miss since Weis’s arrival prior to the 2022 season.

Over three seasons in Oxford, Ole Miss never ranked outside the top three in the SEC in total offense and finished first in 2024 and 2025. The Rebels have led the SEC in passing the last two seasons with Jaxson Dart at quarterback in 2024 and Trinidad Chambliss as the primary quarterback in 2025 on an 11-1 team that reached the College Football Playoff. Weis, 32, will coach the team as the primary play caller before returning to LSU when the Ole Miss run ends.