Kiffin to FAU

[BlueRidgeMtns]

yes... the source is SDS, forgive me.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/report-fau-hires-lane-kiffin-next-head-coach/



If this holds up, who does LSU go after and does that have any effect on them trying to pull Key?

 

[jethreauxdawg]

FAU?

So Saban basically kicked him out? Or maybe he assumes it will be very easy to win quickly and jump to a new job, but I have to think he wanted to go somewhere slightly better than FAU.

 

[OneParticularHarbor]

And Butch Davis went to FIU

So the C-USA east division now has two former NFL head coaches. The F_U's are desperate for some football traction. They have a ton of money.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Where does their money come from, out of curiosity? Their endowments aren't very high, at all.

 

[The Fatboy]

Huge enrollments and large alumni bases

FAU 38K students
FIU 54K students

 

[tenureplan]

Kiffin will kill it in Boca Raton. Much larger talent base there than maybe all of Alabama. There are some good football players there too.

 

[patdog]

I suspect Kiffen leaving has been the plan since before the season started. By mutual agreement.

 

[patdog]

Plenty of wide receivers. Or so I've heard. **

 

[ronpolk]

Kiffin will kill it in Boca Raton. Much larger talent base there than maybe all of Alabama. There are some good football players there too.

Should be able to stock on WR talent for sure**

 

[scdog1]

So now you have 3 open OC jobs in the West:

Bama
LSU
TSUN

One of these is not like the others...

 

[RightOfCenter]

He is going to FAU for the tail...

 

[OneParticularHarbor]

Tons of students, especially at FIU, as Fatboy posted. A growing alum base and they're in a prosperous region. But nobody goes to their games, even as compared with other C-USA schools, where attendance is really not good on the whole. Both are reaching for relevance.

 

[tenureplan]

This is the correct answer and what I was alluding to...

 

[fishwater99]

I think he can make more at LSU as the OC..

FAU's old coach only made $540,000 per year.

"Even being in the conversation with Kiffin means FAU is willing to make some serious salary upgrades. Partridge had two years left on what was a five-year, $2.7 million deal with FAU. Kiffin is making $1.4 million this season at Alabama."

http://wate.com/2016/12/12/sources-fau-pursuing-lane-kiffin-to-coach/

 

[rem101]

Yep - Saban saw him as a cancer. Kiffin knocked out a lot of important *** in T-town, some within the coaching circles.

 

[Drebin]

I think he can make more at LSU as the OC..

FAU's old coach only made $540,000 per year.

"Even being in the conversation with Kiffin means FAU is willing to make some serious salary upgrades. Partridge had two years left on what was a five-year, $2.7 million deal with FAU. Kiffin is making $1.4 million this season at Alabama."

http://wate.com/2016/12/12/sources-fau-pursuing-lane-kiffin-to-coach/

Kiffin will be at FAU for one season and three paternity suits.

 

[Shmuley]

Hell on wheels at North River Yacht Club.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

All he needs is a spray-on tan and a pineapple on his porch