SEC interim coaches since 1992

1992 Joe Kines, Arkansas

1994 Joe Lee Dunn, Ole Miss

1998 Bill Oliver, Auburn

1999 Hal Hunter, LSU

2004 Charlie Strong, Florida

2006 Joe Kines, Alabama

2007 Reggie Herring, Arkansas 2010 Bobby Caldwell, Vanderbilt 2012 John L. Smith, Arkansas; Jim Chaney, Tennessee

2014 D.J. Durkin, Florida

2015 Shawn Elliott, South Carolina; Bryan McClendon, Georgia

2016 Ed Orgeron, LSU

2017 Matt Luke, Ole Miss; Randy Shannon, Florida; Brady Hoke, Tennessee

Orgeron, who went 6-2 last season and is 7-3 this season, is the only SEC interim coach since 1992 who was retained as the team’s head coach. He said being a native of Louisiana and having the backing of LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva and school President King Alexander was important for him.

“I had their support from the get-go, and i was told I was going to get a chance,” Orgeron said of replacing Myles beyond last season. “The players rallied around us and we won some games. Things happened at the end.

“I may not have been the No. 1 candidate, but it all fell into the right place, and I’m so fortunate to be the head coach at LSU.”

Orgeron will be facing Hoke on Saturday when LSU plays at Tennessee.

So what is his advice for an interim coach?

“Go hard, man. It’s your team,” Orgeron said. It’s your team for you don’t know how long, so Coach them hard the way you want to and get them to play together.

“Be yourself and do things your way and have fun doing it. Get them to play with energy and fire and do what you want to do as a head coach and enjoy every minute of it.”

Arkansas and Florida are the only SEC teams to have three interim coaches since 1992.

Tim DeRuyter served as Texas A&M’s interim coach for the 2011 Texas Bowl after Mike Sherman’s firing, but that was the Aggies’ final game as a Big 12 Conference member before joining the SEC with Kevin Sumlin taking over as coach.