Ole Miss Lane Kiffin on vacant USC head coach: “I’m fully engaged where I am”



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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin recently made an appearance on the “Dan Patrick Show” and spoke about the vacant position at the University of Southern California, but added that he intended to stay at Ole Miss.

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“I am fully engaged where I am,” Kiffin said. “It’s a wonderful place. I love the people here. Whenever we draw attention like that, it’s just a credit to our players and what they do.”

“I’m just totally focused on our agenda here,” he added.

Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin watches a replay during the second half of the NCAA team's college football game against Tulane on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021 in Oxford, Mississippi, won 61-21.

Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin watches a replay during the second half of the NCAA team’s college football game against Tulane on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021 in Oxford, Mississippi, won 61-21.
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Kiffin also discussed when he recently drove to the airport where former USC athletic director Pat Haden fired him in 2013. Kiffin said he was “very strange” and ” a little odd “to get to the airport on a recruiting visit to Los Angeles.

Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin chats with quarterback Matt Corral (2) during the second half of the NCAA team's college football game against Tulane on Saturday, September 18, 2021 in Oxford , Mississippi, won 61-21.

Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin chats with quarterback Matt Corral (2) during the second half of the NCAA team’s college football game against Tulane on Saturday, September 18, 2021 in Oxford , Mississippi, won 61-21.
(AP Photo / Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin chats with quarterback Matt Corral (2) during the second half of the team's NCAA college football game against South Carolina in Oxford, Mississippi on Saturday, November 14, 2020.

Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin chats with quarterback Matt Corral (2) during the second half of the team’s NCAA college football game against South Carolina in Oxford, Mississippi on Saturday, November 14, 2020.
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Since being fired from USC, Kiffin resurrected his coaching career when he won a national title as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in Alabama. In three years at Florida Atlantic, he was 27-13. He then took over at Ole Miss and now has the Rebels at 3-0 on the young season.

No.12 Ole Miss will face top-ranked Alabama on Saturday afternoon.

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