Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby calls social media posts from Lane Kiffin 'little childish'

DALLAS ― Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin reintroduced new Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby to the Egg Bowl rivalry with some social media shade this offseason.

In November, he reposted a meme made by a fan that showed Kiffin carrying Lebby on his shoulders as a father might do for his child. Last month, Kiffin responded to a comment about his weight left on a video from 2020 ‒ when Kiffin was significantly heavier than he is now ‒ by saying he was hanging out with Lebby when he was his assistant with the Rebels.

Wednesday at SEC Media Days, Lebby was asked what he thought about Kiffin posting about him on social media.

"Little childish," Lebby said. "But that doesn't mean I don't respect him."

Lebby spent two seasons at Ole Miss as an offensive coordinator under Kiffin, helping the Rebels finish inside the nation's top 30 in scoring in both of those campaigns. He then left to join Brent Venables' staff at Oklahoma, where he coached the Sooners to more offensive success before getting his first head coaching shot with the Bulldogs.

Asked about his overall relationship with Kiffin, Lebby had only good things to say.

"Respect the heck out of who he is, what he's done, the job he's done and the energy that he's created up the road," Lebby said. "There's no doubt about it. Respect the heck out of what he's done."

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