KNOXVILLE — Lane Kiffin’s tenure as the University of Tennessee football coach ended abruptly Tuesday night.
Kiffin accepted the head coaching position at Southern California, where he spent several years as an assistant.
Defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, Lane’s father, and defensive line coach Ed Orgeron will go with him to USC, according to several players who attended the coach’s 9 p.m. farewell meeting.
Kippy Brown, who recently started his third stint with UT as an assistant, was named interim head coach.