Nick Saban was so mad at Lane Kiffin that the ex-Alabama football coach threatened to fire his own agent.
Lane Kiffin helped modernize the Alabama football offense in his short tenure at the school, but the relationship between he and head coach Nick Saban wasn’t a match made in heaven.
At the time, Kiffin’s hiring was heralded as a key moment in Alabama evolving from its traditional, pro-style offense of Saban’s early years to a more wide-open, spread attack that defined the second-half of his historic tenure with the school.One example of that conflict culminated in Saban calling Sexton and threatening to fire him after becoming enraged at Kiffin’s attitude in coaches’ meetings.
Kiffin arrived at Alabama at a crucial moment in his own career, having then recently been dismissed as USC head football coach, infamously giving him the news at the airport and leaving him there.At the time, Saban noted that “we have to change” on offense and that Kiffin could help him “figure out all these RPOs and all this spread offense and these motions and all these things.”
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Explosive Nick Saban/Lane Kiffin dynamic detailed in new bookA new book explores the complex world of modern college football and it includes anecdotes about Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin.
Read more »
Watch emotional Lane Kiffin talk about late Monte Kiffin, what made him specialOle Miss coach didn't want to talk too much about his father, but he couldn't help himself.
Read more »
Miss Terry shares hilarious Nick Saban retirement stories at Nick’s Kids luncheonDuring the Nick's Kids annual luncheon on Wednesday, Miss Terry Saban took the time to share some funny stories about how Nick Saban is adjusting to retirement.
Read more »
Paul Finebaum goes off: Unfiltered thoughts on Saban, DeBoer, Freeze, Kiffin, the SEC and moreThis week, Paul Finebaum joins Ben Flanagan on Beat Everyone and doesn’t pull any punches.
Read more »
Jaxson Dart is Key to Changing Lane Kiffin's Big-Game ReputationQuarterback Jaxson Dart will have opportunities to play in some big games this season and help rewrite some narratives surrounding Lane Kiffin.
Read more »
Lane Kiffin has his own Coke bottle momentNick Saban has made the Coke bottle a feature in his pressers in the past.
Read more »