Lane Kiffin got a curveball Thursday night, and it had nothing to do with football.
During a public Q&A at The Huddle Women’s Clinic at the LSU indoor practice facility, a fan asked Kiffin whether he could picture senior linebacker Whit Weeks as his future son-in-law. The question drew plenty of attention in the room, and Kiffin needed a beat before answering.
After a skeptical look while the crowd settled, he pointed toward Layla Kiffin in the audience and said, “That’s a question for Landry’s mom, Layla,” setting off a roar from those in attendance.
Layla Kiffin, the coach’s ex-wife, responded with two thumbs up in support of Weeks, 21, as a future bride of Bailey, also 21. Kiffin, though, wasn’t ready to go that far.
“She gave a thumbs up,” Kiffin said.
When the moderator noted that Weeks was about to come on stage and would likely be asked about becoming Kiffin’s son-in-law, Kiffin added, “Let’s see how he plays this year before we do that.”
The moment came after Weeks had already addressed the topic at Southeastern Conference Media Days last week. Asked whether dating his head coach’s daughter had changed anything between them, Weeks said it hadn’t.
“It hasn’t affected my relationship with him at all,” Weeks said. “I know that when we go into that building, everyone in our building has the same mindset and same goals.
When you’re in that building, you’re there for work. We like to have a lot of fun up there, too, but at the end of the day it is work.”
Weeks also described what things are like away from the football facility.
“Whenever we leave, it’s cool because he’s my girlfriend’s dad.” Weeks said.
“It is what it is when we’re outside the building hanging out and cutting up. It’s cool but it doesn’t affect anything in the football building.”
Weeks, a senior from Watkinsville, Georgia, and Landry Kiffin went public with their relationship in September of 2025, when Landry was a sophomore at Ole Miss and her father was the Rebels’ head coach.
For now, the family discussion can wait. But if Weeks and LSU are going to make this season memorable, Kiffin made it clear he wants to see it happen on the field first.
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