Report: Austin Thomas returning to Ole Miss as GM

Michael Bacigalupi

By Matt Moscona

The staff swapping between LSU and Ole Miss continued Monday. Former LSU general manager Austin Thomas is returning to Ole Miss to serve i the same position with the Rebels, according to Chase Parham.

Ole Miss is expected to announce Austin Thomas as its new Ole Miss football general manager this week. He’s coming from LSU and was previously with the Rebels.

— Chase Parham (@ChaseParham) December 15, 2025

Lane Kiffin brought GM Billy Glasscock with him from Ole Miss, replacing Thomas in the spot he had held for the past two years. Before returning to LSU for his third stint, Thomas worked under Kiffin at Ole Miss from 2022-2023.

Ole Miss promoted defensive coordinator Pete Golding to head coach when Kiffin left for LSU. Golding was on Kiffin’s staff during Thomas’s time with the Rebels.

Last week, Golding hired Kelvin Bolden away from LSU as his Coordinator of Recruiting Strategy. Bolden spent just five months in Baton Rouge when he left Ole Miss to join Thomas’s front office staff.

Kiffin has brought a handful of his Ole Miss staff members to join him at LSU with more possibly to follow.