Who is Lane Kiffin?
By Staff Reports
Friday, November 28, 2008
Information on Lane Kiffin, the former Oakland Raiders coach, who has been tapped to replace UT football coach Phillip Fulmer.
Age: 33
2007 salary: $2 million
Highlights: Trojans averaged 49 points, 579 yards a game in 2005, Kiffin's first year as offensive coordinator - of course that was with Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, LenDale White and Dwayne Jarrett. Youngest head coach in NFL history when hired by Oakland at age 31.
Career record:5-15 (NFL)
Notable stops: Assistant - Fresno State (1997- 98), Southern Cal (2001-04); Offensive coordinator - Southern Cal (2005-06); Head coach - Oakland Raiders (2007-08).
Why He'd Work:Background in NFL helps in recruiting. USC finished with No. 1 rated recruiting class each of his three years as recruiting coordinator. Son of longtime NFL coach Monte Kiffin, whose connections could help put together a veteran staff.
Why He Wouldn't: Body of work could be too short to fully project how he might do in a return to college football. Winning percentage of .250 as a head coach isn't easy to sell, either, but the Raiders were better under his watch.
Quotable: "Players don't care about age. Players want to be coached. Great players want to get better, and that's what we're going to do." - Kiffin, according to the San Francisco Chronicle during a press conference introducing him as the Raiders' head coach
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