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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Football
Kiffin, Lane
vs
Arkansas
Sep 13 (Sat)
6:00 or 6:45 PM
Lane Kiffin
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Year at Ole Miss:
- Sixth
- E-mail:
- rebelfootball@olemiss.edu
- Phone:
- 662-915-7890
- Alma Mater:
- Fresno State (1998)
Lane Kiffin, one of college football's preeminent offensive minds and well-known personalities, enters his sixth season in charge of the Ole Miss football program in 2025.
Kiffin has led the Rebels to unprecedented heights during his tenure, which has included five consecutive bowl berths (including three wins and two New Year's Six appearances), three 10-win seasons (including the first ever 11-win season and the first two 10-win regular seasons in program history), and several of the most statistically significant campaigns in the storied past of Ole Miss football.
Kiffin's Rebel teams have broken into the national top-10 in at least one poll in each of the last four seasons since 2021, the first such streak at Ole Miss since Rebel legend John Vaught's hallowed teams from 1961-64. In that same stretch since 2021, Kiffin has won 39 games, which ranks third among all SEC schools behind Georgia and Alabama, and includes a superb 27-3 home record. Since 2023 alone, Kiffin's teams are 13-1 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Kiffin's well-renown prowess on the recruiting trail and in the transfer portal has helped transform Ole Miss into perennial contenders and a hot commodity on the transfer market. The "Portal King" has welcomed in four straight top-six transfer classes according to 247Sports -- including the No. 1 ranked class in 2024 -- as well as five-straight top-25 high school classes per On3.
In 13 seasons at the NCAA level, Kiffin owns an all-time record of 105-52 -- including a 44-18 mark with the Rebels entering the 2025 season. Kiffin's 44 wins has him tied with David Cutcliffe for third in Ole Miss history entering 2025, and in 2024 he became the fastest in program history to 40 wins -- doing so in 57 games, three fewer than Vaught. Kiffin (.710) and Vaught (.745) rank as the lone Rebel coaches all-time to have a win percentage of at least .700 (in at least 30 games coached).
Kiffin led the Rebels to a 10-3 mark and a dominant 52-20 Gator Bowl victory over Duke in 2024, marking the first consecutive 10-win campaigns at Ole Miss since 1959-60. The Rebels shattered program records in total yards (6,845), yards per play (7.3), passing yards (4,561), passing yards per game (350.8), sacks (52) and tackles for loss (120), as Ole Miss possessed one of the most dynamic passing attacks in the nation in addition to one of the most powerful rush defenses and pass rush capabilities in the FBS.
The 2024 campaign was simultaneously highlighted by the end of the incredible career of eventual first-round NFL Draft pick quarterback Jaxson Dart, who led the nation in total offense while dismantling several all-time Rebel records, and the stifling Ole Miss defense, which led the nation in both sacks and TFL alongside the best Rebel rush defense since 1966. Defensive tackle Walter Nolen led that defense, ending up as the 14th consensus All-American in program history and the first Rebel selected in the 2025 NFL Draft -- one of a seven-round era record eight Ole Miss draftees taken.
Kiffin's marquee win of the 2024 season was a 28-10 victory over No. 2 Georgia, the highest ranked win for the Rebels since 2015 and the first top-five win and highest ranked win in Oxford since 2014. The 2024 Rebels were the first non-Alabama team to best Georgia since Florida in 2020, and it stands as the largest top-five win by an Ole Miss team since Archie Manning led the Rebels to a 38-0 victory over No. 3 Tennessee in 1969.
Kiffin led the 2023 Rebels to the best season in Ole Miss history in terms of wins, notching an 11-2 overall record capped by a 38-25 Peach Bowl victory over Penn State. Kiffin owns the only two 10-win regular seasons in Ole Miss history, and alongside legendary coach John Vaught, is one of two Rebel coaches with multiple 10-win seasons overall.
Ole Miss succeeded in 2023 with a balanced attack, finishing within the top-15 in the final FBS ranks in yards per completion (10th, 14.5), passing efficiency (12th, 162.9) and total offense (13th, 461.9), while also leading the nation in fewest turnovers (7) and leading the SEC and ranking fifth nationally in turnover margin (+11). The Rebels finished the year ranked No. 9 in both the AP and Coaches polls, only the second final top-10 ranking by an Ole Miss team since 1969.
The Rebels once again ranked among the top of the nation in multiple offensive statistics in 2022. Ole Miss was No. 3 nationally in rushing offense (256.6) and No. 8 in total offense (496.4). Kiffin helped mentor and recruit talented true freshman running back Quinshon Judkins. Judkins set the Ole Miss single-season record in both rushing yards (1,567) and rushing touchdowns (16).
Kiffin guided the Rebels to a 10-3 record in 2021, the first 10-win regular season in school history that included a perfect 7-0 mark at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Rebels finished the season ranked No. 11 in both the AP and AFCA Coaches Poll, their highest final ranking since 2016.
Kiffin’s second year at Ole Miss was once again highlighted by one of college football’s most exciting offenses. For the second straight season, the Rebels led the SEC in total offense (492.5 ypg). The Rebel defense ranked as one of the top-five most-improved units in the FBS, allowing 13.6 fewer points per game this season compared to 2020.
Kiffin quickly turned the Rebels into an offensive machine in 2020. Ole Miss ranked top 20 in the FBS in nine different offensive categories, including having the No. 3 team in the country in total offense, shattering the school record with 555.5 yards per game. Wide receiver Elijah Moore and quarterback Matt Corral were two of the main cogs in the Rebels’ high-powered offense.
Moore earned first-team consensus All-America accolades after a historic and shortened 2020 junior season. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, native hauled in a school record 86 receptions for 1,193 yards and eight touchdowns during his last season in a Rebel uniform. Moore, a Biletnikoff finalist, led the country in receiving yards per game (149.1) and receptions per game (10.8).
Corral became just the fourth SEC player ever to finish as the NCAA leader in total offense per game (384.9), joining Pat Sullivan (1970), Rex Grossman (2001) and Johnny Manziel (2012). The signal-caller also finished No. 5 in passing yards per game (333.7), No. 7 in passing TDs (29), No. 9 in passing efficiency (177.6) and No. 11 in passing yards per completion (14.5).
The Rebels broke the SEC record for total offense in conference games (562.4 ypg), besting LSU’s mark of 550.0 yards per game set last season during the Tigers’ run to a national title.
The offensive explosion by the Rebels came as no surprise, as Kiffin has shown a propensity in helping turn programs around. In his first seasons at FAU, USC and Tennessee, Kiffin’s team improved in win differential (+3.33), scoring (+10.2), passing (+34.5 ypg) and rushing (+51.3 ypg).
In December 2016, Kiffin took over an FAU program that had won a total of nine combined games over the previous three seasons. Kiffin proceeded to take the Owls to new heights over his three years, including two conference titles and two 10-win seasons.
Kiffin led the Owls to a 10-3 record in 2019, including a 49-6 win over UAB in the Conference USA Championship Game. The Owls lead the nation in interceptions (19) and turnovers gained (29). FAU also led C-USA in scoring offense (34.1), red zone offense (0.911), fumbles lost (3) and turnover margin (1.58).
In his first season in Boca Raton, Kiffin started 1-3 but reeled off a program-high 10 consecutive wins to finish the 2017 campaign at 11-3. The Owls’ 11 victories were two more than the previous three seasons combined and earned the program votes in national polls. The seven-game improvement tied for the fifth-best turnaround in FBS history. Along the way, 41 individual or team records were amassed, and an FAU-record 21 players earned All-Conference USA.
The Owls captured their second conference title in program history, the first since joining C-USA and first since 2007. FAU remained a perfect 3-0 in bowl play by defeating Akron in the Boca Raton Bowl, 50-3. Statistically, the Owls finished in the top-25 in 16 team categories, including: No. 2 in passes intercepted, No. 5 in first down offense, No. 6 in rushing offense, No. 8 in kickoff return defense, red zone offense and turnovers lost, and No. 9 in total offense and turnover margin (by comparison, FAU was No. 72 the previous season in total offense and No. 99 in turnovers gained).
Kiffin joined the FAU Owls after three seasons at the University of Alabama, where he served as the Tide’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award in 2014, which goes to the country’s best assistant coach.
His final season with the Tide in 2016, Kiffin mentored Jalen Hurts, the first freshman to start at quarterback in head coach Nick Saban’s career. Hurts finished 13-1 as the starting QB and guided Alabama to an SEC title and to the National Championship game. Hurts was a Freshman All-American, the SEC Offensive Player of the Year and the SEC Freshman of the Year. He was a finalist for the Manning Award, the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, a semifinalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Davey O’Brien Award, presented annually to the nation’s top quarterback.
In 2015, Kiffin oversaw the development of quarterback Jake Coker, who finished his career 14-0 as a starter at Alabama and led the nation in completion percentage over the final 10 games of the season at 72.2 percent. Coker threw for 3,110 yards with 21 touchdowns, which ranked as the second-most passing yards in school history. On the ground, Kiffin fed Heisman Trophy running back Derrick Henry the ball a school-and SEC-record 395 times for a record 2,219 yards and 23 touchdowns. Henry’s 2,219 yards was also the fifth-most rushing yards in a single season in college football history.
One of Kiffin’s first responsibilities at Alabama was identifying a starting quarterback and then developing Blake Sims in 2014. With three-year starter and All-American AJ McCarron off to the NFL, Kiffin oversaw Sims’ rise to the top of the Alabama depth chart en route to a school-record 3,487 passing yards and 3,837 yards of total offense while completing 64.5 percent of his passes. He ranked tied for fourth nationally in total QBR (83.7) and seventh in passing efficiency (157.9). Sims was selected second-team All-SEC, named to the Senior Bowl, tabbed as a finalist for the Manning Award and a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award.
He spent the previous three-plus seasons as the head coach at Southern California, where he compiled a record of 28-15. Kiffin’s 2012 USC squad went 7-6 overall and 5-4 in the Pac-12 South, good for second place. Wide receiver Marquise Lee was a unanimous first team All-American and won the Biletnikoff Award while also being named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. Quarterback Matt Barkley, who won the Wuerffel Trophy, set conference records for passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Kiffin led the Trojans to a 10-2 record in 2011 and a sixth-place finish in the final Associated Press poll. The team finished first in the Pac-12 South with a 7-2 mark. His 2011 USC offense produced a 3,500-yard passer, a pair of 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher. Three Trojans earned First Team All-America honors (Matt Kalil, Robert Woods and T.J. McDonald) and five were named Freshman All-Americans.
In his first year as the head coach at USC, Kiffin led the Trojans to an 8-5 record (5-4 Pac-10). Before his arrival, the Trojans were averaging 26.5 points per game in scoring offense and 389.1 yards per game in total offense. In his first two seasons, those numbers increased to 31.0 points per game and 431.5 yards in 2011 and 35.8 points and 456.8 yards in 2012.
Prior to his tenure at Southern California, Kiffin served as the head coach at Tennessee in 2009. He led the Volunteers to a second-place finish in the SEC East and an appearance in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The Volunteers’ offense jumped at least 34 places in every national statistical category over the 2008 figures. Tennessee improved from 17.3 to 29.3 points per game while going from 268.8 to 383.5 yards per game in total offense.
Kiffin came to Tennessee from the Oakland Raiders, where he served as head coach from 2007-08. At 31, he was the youngest head coach in the NFL’s modern era. Oakland’s offense significantly improved in his first year, up 7.2 points per game and 48.6 yards per game from 2006.
Prior to his first head coaching job, Kiffin spent six years as an assistant coach for Pete Carroll at Southern California, including two years as the offensive coordinator (2005-06). During his first tenure with the Trojans, USC captured two national championships and compiled a 65-12 record. Kiffin was promoted to passing game coordinator in 2004 and helped Matt Leinart win the Heisman Trophy as he passed for 3,322 yards with 33 touchdowns and just six interceptions.
He took over as USC’s offensive coordinator in 2005 and led the Trojans to a scoring average of 49.1 points per game and 579.8 yards per game of total offense during his two years as offensive coordinator. Kiffin started at USC in 2001 as the tight ends coach and then coached the wide receivers during his remaining five years.
Kiffin graduated from Fresno State in 1998 with a degree in recreational and leisure services after playing quarterback for three seasons (1994-96) for the Bulldogs. He began his coaching career as a student assistant at Fresno State under Pat Hill in 1997 and 1998. He moved on to Colorado State in 1999 as a graduate assistant. He spent the 2000 season as defensive quality control assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars under Tom Coughlin.
Kiffin attended Bloomington Jefferson High in Bloomington, Minnesota, where he played football, basketball and baseball. He has two daughters, Landry and Presley, and one son, Knox.
Kiffin has led the Rebels to unprecedented heights during his tenure, which has included five consecutive bowl berths (including three wins and two New Year's Six appearances), three 10-win seasons (including the first ever 11-win season and the first two 10-win regular seasons in program history), and several of the most statistically significant campaigns in the storied past of Ole Miss football.
Kiffin's Rebel teams have broken into the national top-10 in at least one poll in each of the last four seasons since 2021, the first such streak at Ole Miss since Rebel legend John Vaught's hallowed teams from 1961-64. In that same stretch since 2021, Kiffin has won 39 games, which ranks third among all SEC schools behind Georgia and Alabama, and includes a superb 27-3 home record. Since 2023 alone, Kiffin's teams are 13-1 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Kiffin's well-renown prowess on the recruiting trail and in the transfer portal has helped transform Ole Miss into perennial contenders and a hot commodity on the transfer market. The "Portal King" has welcomed in four straight top-six transfer classes according to 247Sports -- including the No. 1 ranked class in 2024 -- as well as five-straight top-25 high school classes per On3.
In 13 seasons at the NCAA level, Kiffin owns an all-time record of 105-52 -- including a 44-18 mark with the Rebels entering the 2025 season. Kiffin's 44 wins has him tied with David Cutcliffe for third in Ole Miss history entering 2025, and in 2024 he became the fastest in program history to 40 wins -- doing so in 57 games, three fewer than Vaught. Kiffin (.710) and Vaught (.745) rank as the lone Rebel coaches all-time to have a win percentage of at least .700 (in at least 30 games coached).
Kiffin led the Rebels to a 10-3 mark and a dominant 52-20 Gator Bowl victory over Duke in 2024, marking the first consecutive 10-win campaigns at Ole Miss since 1959-60. The Rebels shattered program records in total yards (6,845), yards per play (7.3), passing yards (4,561), passing yards per game (350.8), sacks (52) and tackles for loss (120), as Ole Miss possessed one of the most dynamic passing attacks in the nation in addition to one of the most powerful rush defenses and pass rush capabilities in the FBS.
The 2024 campaign was simultaneously highlighted by the end of the incredible career of eventual first-round NFL Draft pick quarterback Jaxson Dart, who led the nation in total offense while dismantling several all-time Rebel records, and the stifling Ole Miss defense, which led the nation in both sacks and TFL alongside the best Rebel rush defense since 1966. Defensive tackle Walter Nolen led that defense, ending up as the 14th consensus All-American in program history and the first Rebel selected in the 2025 NFL Draft -- one of a seven-round era record eight Ole Miss draftees taken.
Kiffin's marquee win of the 2024 season was a 28-10 victory over No. 2 Georgia, the highest ranked win for the Rebels since 2015 and the first top-five win and highest ranked win in Oxford since 2014. The 2024 Rebels were the first non-Alabama team to best Georgia since Florida in 2020, and it stands as the largest top-five win by an Ole Miss team since Archie Manning led the Rebels to a 38-0 victory over No. 3 Tennessee in 1969.
Kiffin led the 2023 Rebels to the best season in Ole Miss history in terms of wins, notching an 11-2 overall record capped by a 38-25 Peach Bowl victory over Penn State. Kiffin owns the only two 10-win regular seasons in Ole Miss history, and alongside legendary coach John Vaught, is one of two Rebel coaches with multiple 10-win seasons overall.
Ole Miss succeeded in 2023 with a balanced attack, finishing within the top-15 in the final FBS ranks in yards per completion (10th, 14.5), passing efficiency (12th, 162.9) and total offense (13th, 461.9), while also leading the nation in fewest turnovers (7) and leading the SEC and ranking fifth nationally in turnover margin (+11). The Rebels finished the year ranked No. 9 in both the AP and Coaches polls, only the second final top-10 ranking by an Ole Miss team since 1969.
The Rebels once again ranked among the top of the nation in multiple offensive statistics in 2022. Ole Miss was No. 3 nationally in rushing offense (256.6) and No. 8 in total offense (496.4). Kiffin helped mentor and recruit talented true freshman running back Quinshon Judkins. Judkins set the Ole Miss single-season record in both rushing yards (1,567) and rushing touchdowns (16).
Kiffin guided the Rebels to a 10-3 record in 2021, the first 10-win regular season in school history that included a perfect 7-0 mark at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Rebels finished the season ranked No. 11 in both the AP and AFCA Coaches Poll, their highest final ranking since 2016.
Kiffin’s second year at Ole Miss was once again highlighted by one of college football’s most exciting offenses. For the second straight season, the Rebels led the SEC in total offense (492.5 ypg). The Rebel defense ranked as one of the top-five most-improved units in the FBS, allowing 13.6 fewer points per game this season compared to 2020.
Kiffin quickly turned the Rebels into an offensive machine in 2020. Ole Miss ranked top 20 in the FBS in nine different offensive categories, including having the No. 3 team in the country in total offense, shattering the school record with 555.5 yards per game. Wide receiver Elijah Moore and quarterback Matt Corral were two of the main cogs in the Rebels’ high-powered offense.
Moore earned first-team consensus All-America accolades after a historic and shortened 2020 junior season. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, native hauled in a school record 86 receptions for 1,193 yards and eight touchdowns during his last season in a Rebel uniform. Moore, a Biletnikoff finalist, led the country in receiving yards per game (149.1) and receptions per game (10.8).
Corral became just the fourth SEC player ever to finish as the NCAA leader in total offense per game (384.9), joining Pat Sullivan (1970), Rex Grossman (2001) and Johnny Manziel (2012). The signal-caller also finished No. 5 in passing yards per game (333.7), No. 7 in passing TDs (29), No. 9 in passing efficiency (177.6) and No. 11 in passing yards per completion (14.5).
The Rebels broke the SEC record for total offense in conference games (562.4 ypg), besting LSU’s mark of 550.0 yards per game set last season during the Tigers’ run to a national title.
The offensive explosion by the Rebels came as no surprise, as Kiffin has shown a propensity in helping turn programs around. In his first seasons at FAU, USC and Tennessee, Kiffin’s team improved in win differential (+3.33), scoring (+10.2), passing (+34.5 ypg) and rushing (+51.3 ypg).
In December 2016, Kiffin took over an FAU program that had won a total of nine combined games over the previous three seasons. Kiffin proceeded to take the Owls to new heights over his three years, including two conference titles and two 10-win seasons.
Kiffin led the Owls to a 10-3 record in 2019, including a 49-6 win over UAB in the Conference USA Championship Game. The Owls lead the nation in interceptions (19) and turnovers gained (29). FAU also led C-USA in scoring offense (34.1), red zone offense (0.911), fumbles lost (3) and turnover margin (1.58).
In his first season in Boca Raton, Kiffin started 1-3 but reeled off a program-high 10 consecutive wins to finish the 2017 campaign at 11-3. The Owls’ 11 victories were two more than the previous three seasons combined and earned the program votes in national polls. The seven-game improvement tied for the fifth-best turnaround in FBS history. Along the way, 41 individual or team records were amassed, and an FAU-record 21 players earned All-Conference USA.
The Owls captured their second conference title in program history, the first since joining C-USA and first since 2007. FAU remained a perfect 3-0 in bowl play by defeating Akron in the Boca Raton Bowl, 50-3. Statistically, the Owls finished in the top-25 in 16 team categories, including: No. 2 in passes intercepted, No. 5 in first down offense, No. 6 in rushing offense, No. 8 in kickoff return defense, red zone offense and turnovers lost, and No. 9 in total offense and turnover margin (by comparison, FAU was No. 72 the previous season in total offense and No. 99 in turnovers gained).
Kiffin joined the FAU Owls after three seasons at the University of Alabama, where he served as the Tide’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award in 2014, which goes to the country’s best assistant coach.
His final season with the Tide in 2016, Kiffin mentored Jalen Hurts, the first freshman to start at quarterback in head coach Nick Saban’s career. Hurts finished 13-1 as the starting QB and guided Alabama to an SEC title and to the National Championship game. Hurts was a Freshman All-American, the SEC Offensive Player of the Year and the SEC Freshman of the Year. He was a finalist for the Manning Award, the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, a semifinalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Davey O’Brien Award, presented annually to the nation’s top quarterback.
In 2015, Kiffin oversaw the development of quarterback Jake Coker, who finished his career 14-0 as a starter at Alabama and led the nation in completion percentage over the final 10 games of the season at 72.2 percent. Coker threw for 3,110 yards with 21 touchdowns, which ranked as the second-most passing yards in school history. On the ground, Kiffin fed Heisman Trophy running back Derrick Henry the ball a school-and SEC-record 395 times for a record 2,219 yards and 23 touchdowns. Henry’s 2,219 yards was also the fifth-most rushing yards in a single season in college football history.
One of Kiffin’s first responsibilities at Alabama was identifying a starting quarterback and then developing Blake Sims in 2014. With three-year starter and All-American AJ McCarron off to the NFL, Kiffin oversaw Sims’ rise to the top of the Alabama depth chart en route to a school-record 3,487 passing yards and 3,837 yards of total offense while completing 64.5 percent of his passes. He ranked tied for fourth nationally in total QBR (83.7) and seventh in passing efficiency (157.9). Sims was selected second-team All-SEC, named to the Senior Bowl, tabbed as a finalist for the Manning Award and a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award.
He spent the previous three-plus seasons as the head coach at Southern California, where he compiled a record of 28-15. Kiffin’s 2012 USC squad went 7-6 overall and 5-4 in the Pac-12 South, good for second place. Wide receiver Marquise Lee was a unanimous first team All-American and won the Biletnikoff Award while also being named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. Quarterback Matt Barkley, who won the Wuerffel Trophy, set conference records for passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Kiffin led the Trojans to a 10-2 record in 2011 and a sixth-place finish in the final Associated Press poll. The team finished first in the Pac-12 South with a 7-2 mark. His 2011 USC offense produced a 3,500-yard passer, a pair of 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher. Three Trojans earned First Team All-America honors (Matt Kalil, Robert Woods and T.J. McDonald) and five were named Freshman All-Americans.
In his first year as the head coach at USC, Kiffin led the Trojans to an 8-5 record (5-4 Pac-10). Before his arrival, the Trojans were averaging 26.5 points per game in scoring offense and 389.1 yards per game in total offense. In his first two seasons, those numbers increased to 31.0 points per game and 431.5 yards in 2011 and 35.8 points and 456.8 yards in 2012.
Prior to his tenure at Southern California, Kiffin served as the head coach at Tennessee in 2009. He led the Volunteers to a second-place finish in the SEC East and an appearance in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The Volunteers’ offense jumped at least 34 places in every national statistical category over the 2008 figures. Tennessee improved from 17.3 to 29.3 points per game while going from 268.8 to 383.5 yards per game in total offense.
Kiffin came to Tennessee from the Oakland Raiders, where he served as head coach from 2007-08. At 31, he was the youngest head coach in the NFL’s modern era. Oakland’s offense significantly improved in his first year, up 7.2 points per game and 48.6 yards per game from 2006.
Prior to his first head coaching job, Kiffin spent six years as an assistant coach for Pete Carroll at Southern California, including two years as the offensive coordinator (2005-06). During his first tenure with the Trojans, USC captured two national championships and compiled a 65-12 record. Kiffin was promoted to passing game coordinator in 2004 and helped Matt Leinart win the Heisman Trophy as he passed for 3,322 yards with 33 touchdowns and just six interceptions.
He took over as USC’s offensive coordinator in 2005 and led the Trojans to a scoring average of 49.1 points per game and 579.8 yards per game of total offense during his two years as offensive coordinator. Kiffin started at USC in 2001 as the tight ends coach and then coached the wide receivers during his remaining five years.
Kiffin graduated from Fresno State in 1998 with a degree in recreational and leisure services after playing quarterback for three seasons (1994-96) for the Bulldogs. He began his coaching career as a student assistant at Fresno State under Pat Hill in 1997 and 1998. He moved on to Colorado State in 1999 as a graduate assistant. He spent the 2000 season as defensive quality control assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars under Tom Coughlin.
Kiffin attended Bloomington Jefferson High in Bloomington, Minnesota, where he played football, basketball and baseball. He has two daughters, Landry and Presley, and one son, Knox.
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