Ed Orgeron Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Metrics

Ed Orgeron is an American football coach and former career college football player. He previously played college football as a defensive lineman at LSU and Northwestern State University. After that, he began his career as a trainer known for his loud, gravelly, Cajun-accented voice.

Additionally, he recently became the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) from the midpoint of the 2016 season through the 2021 season. Prior to that, he served as the 2015-16 defensive line. Additionally, he was also head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 2005 to 2007. Scroll down to read more, then keep scrolling.

ED ORGERON: BIO, FAMILY, CAREER

He was born on July 27, 1961 as Edward James Orgeron Jr. in Larose, Louisiana, United States of America. The trainer was born as the son of Edward Ba Ba Orgeron Sr. and Cornelia Orgeron. Additionally, he grew up with his brother Steve grew up in Larose, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. He holds American citizenship and is of Cajun ethnicity.Regarding his education, he attended South Lafourche High School in Galliano, Louisiana. After playing on the school’s Class 4A state championship team in 1977, he signed to play football at Louisiana State University. But he left the program and transferred to Northwestern State University, Louisiana, in his sophomore year and graduated from there in 1984 as a graduate assistant.

After graduation, he coached at McNeese State in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and for two years as an assistant strength coach at the University of Arkansas. In 1988, he began serving as a defensive line coach for four. In 1998, University of Southern California offensive guru Paul Hackett hired him to coach the Trojans defensive line.

As a defensive line coach, he worked with the New Orleans Saints and Tennessee in 2008-09. He returned to USC again in 2010 where he was ranked Orgeron as one of the highest paid assistant coaches in the Pac-12 conference with an annual salary of $650,000. In January 2015, 2015, he worked as a defensive line coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) until 2016. Midway through the 2016 to 2021 season, he served as head coach after head coach of LSU, Les Miles, was fired following a loss. in Auburn.

ED ORGERON: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Regarding his relationship status, he is married twice and divorced once. He had his first marriage to Colleen Orgeron. But there is not much information about their dating or marriage history. After his divorce, he moved out and married his second wife named Kelly Owens. They met at the 1996 Liberty Bowl and married a year later. Together since their marriage, the couple welcomed three boys: Cody Orgeron, Parker Orgeron and Tyler Orgeron. After their long married life, the duo filed for divorce on February 26, 2020.

ED ORGERON: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about his income, he surely earns a good income from his coaching career. He also has an old playing career of which he had retained a good amount at the time. Hence, he has an estimated net worth of around $35 million. Additionally, college football coaches reported having an average salary of over $2 million and exceeding their salary, including bonuses and signing amount.

He has an unverified @coachedorgeron Instagram account with over 4.6k followers. On Twitter, he goes by the verified handle @coach_edorgeron with 236.1k followers. Also, he goes through the verified Facebook account under his name with over 43.4k followers.

ED ORGERON: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The trainer has an athletic but heavy body type that measures 44 inches in chest and 34 inches in hips respectively. His body is 6 feet 0 inches or 1.82 meters tall and weighs around 95 kg. He has hazel eye color as well as brown eye color.