Tag: Monte Kiffin
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Lane Kiffin haters rejoice — the Trojans’ offensive coordinator has been tapped by Al Davis to replace Art Shell as head coach of the Oakland Raiders. USC’s Steve Sarkisian was considered the front-runner for the job, but removed himself from consideration last week. But apparently Al Davis had a hankerin’ for some Trojan coaching, and…
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First defensive line coach Jethro Franklin, and now secondary coach Greg Burns, who was instrumental in recruiting for the Trojans, is setting a pirate ship sail and heading east to the Tampa Bay Bucaneers. How much is Monte Kiffin, Pete Carroll’s bro, going to poach from USC? Hopefully this SC-ification in Tampa will help Matt…
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Norm Chow (offensive coordinator) has 35 years of coaching experience, Carl Smith (quarterbacks coach) has 33, Tim Davis (O-line coach) 22, and Ed Orgeron (D-line coach) 19. That’s a total of 109 years of coaching experience gone. Coach Carroll anticipated a worst-case-scenario exodus like this, but it is still quite a shock. What’s interesting is…