Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin will coach his final game with the Crimson Tide once their college football playoff run has completed. Kiffin was a serious candidate for the Houston Cougars Head Coaching job, but will instead become the new head man at Florida Atlantic University, Bama Head Coach Nick Saban confirmed.
“FAU has selected someone that’s going to do a great job for them,” Saban said on campus on Monday at a news conference to promote the upcoming Peach Bowl in Atlanta.
Should Alabama lose to Washington in that one, it would be Kiffin’s final game. If they win, the national title contest on January 8th would see the end of the Lane Kiffin era in Tuscaloosa.
FAU had no immediate comment because the deal has not been finalized, but it is for five-years, and must first be approved by FAU’s board of trustees, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither Kiffin nor the school had confirmed the hiring.
If you enjoyed that link, then you should also watch Tosh’s first edition of that sketch, entitled Kiffin’s Krimson Korner, over at this link. The second edition of the segment is linked above. Lane Kiffin lasted 20 games as coach of the Oakland Raiders in 2007 and 2008, going 5-15.
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