We should have seen this coming on Monday. Right about the time then-Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin said “no comment” about the Southern Cal job.
A man wrapping up his first year as head coach at a tradition-rich school paying him $2 million a season shouldn’t say “no comment” about any other college job. Mostly because he shouldn’t be in line for one after a 7-6 season that ended in a 23-point bowl loss.
But Kiffin — as we have often learned these past 14 months — isn’t your normal coach, be it good or bad.
The good Kiffin signed the No. 1 running back in the country not four months on the job. The bad Kiffin falsely accused the hottest coach in college football of cheating barely two months on the job.
The good Kiffin gave eventual national champ Alabama its closest scare of the season. The bad Kiffin leaves UT with a few public relations scars, most recently Hostess-gate, which is reportedly under investigation by the NCAA.