To this day, Kiffin's only head coaching job was at North Carolina State University from 1980 to 1982.Ī native of Lexington, Nebraska, Kiffin was an offensive and defensive tackle at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1959 to 1963. He earned a reported $2 million annual salary from the Buccaneers and has turned down several NFL head coaching jobs during his career. Kiffin was paid about $1.2 million per year by Tennessee. His defensive units have finished ranked in the top 10 in points allowed and yards allowed 10 times during that period, an NFL record. He previously served 26 years as an NFL assistant coach, including 13 years as defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with whom he won Super Bowl XXXVII.
Possibly due to the mounting pressure on his son's poor coaching records, on November 29, 2012, Kiffin resigned from his position to pursue other opportunities in the NFL. īefore taking the role as Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator, Kiffin served as assistant head coach for the University of Southern California where his son Lane Kiffin was named head coach on January 12, 2010, and before that he served under his son as the defensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee.
LANE KIFFIN PAST TEAMS COACHED PRO
Father of the widely imitated " Tampa 2" defense, Kiffin's concepts are among the most influential in modern college and pro football. He is widely considered to be one of the preeminent defensive coordinators in modern football, as well as one of the greatest defensive coordinators in NFL history. He is currently a player personnel analyst at Ole Miss for his son, Lane Kiffin. Monte George Kiffin (born February 29, 1940) is an American football coach.
2× College Football National Champion - Nebraska (1970, 1971).
* Offseason and/or practice squad member onlyĪssistant head coach & defensive coordinator
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