The coach and his staff and players have all been vaccinated. He said he has had only mild symptoms.
Lane Kiffin, the head football coach at the University of Mississippi, said Saturday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus and would miss Monday night’s game against the University of Louisville, the season opener for both. Every player and coach in the Mississippi football program is fully vaccinated — a point of pride for Mr. Kiffin,46, in recent weeks — and the coach said in a statement on Saturday that he was “experiencing only mild symptoms.” He said no players were expected to miss Monday’s game, which will be played at a neutral site in Atlanta, and that no one else in the football program had tested positive. “We will continue to monitor our team closely and take responsible measures if any symptoms arise,” he said.
