Collegefootballnews.com is one of the best websites for any college football fan. They have always loved Missouri when others overlooked us.
This week, they ranked the top 5 young coaches getting ready to move up. Here is their prediction for number two:
2. Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic
Just like he was was a great fit before for Tennessee – he can recruit, and he’d be fantastic at poking the Bama bear – he’s even stronger now, except for that whole bailing for USC and everyone being mad at him for it thing.
He’s led a full coaching life, but he’s only 42.
Yes, he comes with a truckload of baggage, and yes, a program would have to prepared to deal with the drama, but he might just have Florida Atlantic in the Conference USA title game this season. At the very least, he’s nearly a lock to take the school bowling in his first year.
For that next-up job, though, it would have to be a place that’s ready to take a shot at the stars and needs to create a buzz.
Illinois would be a good spot, but Lovie Smith might be just getting started with a ton of young players in the system.
Ole Miss? HA!
Kansas? Oregon State? No. Boston College? Nah. Colorado? That’s not bad, and neither is Arkansas.
In a perfect world – at least for me, as a college football writer – my dream would be for Kiff Kiff to take over the UCLA job. But there’s a more realistic option that could soon pop up.
Considering the school is all in on the basketball side, now it needs the counterpart for football. Which is why …
Next Gig Up: Missouri
This week, they ranked the top 5 young coaches getting ready to move up. Here is their prediction for number two:
2. Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic
Just like he was was a great fit before for Tennessee – he can recruit, and he’d be fantastic at poking the Bama bear – he’s even stronger now, except for that whole bailing for USC and everyone being mad at him for it thing.
He’s led a full coaching life, but he’s only 42.
Yes, he comes with a truckload of baggage, and yes, a program would have to prepared to deal with the drama, but he might just have Florida Atlantic in the Conference USA title game this season. At the very least, he’s nearly a lock to take the school bowling in his first year.
For that next-up job, though, it would have to be a place that’s ready to take a shot at the stars and needs to create a buzz.
Illinois would be a good spot, but Lovie Smith might be just getting started with a ton of young players in the system.
Ole Miss? HA!
Kansas? Oregon State? No. Boston College? Nah. Colorado? That’s not bad, and neither is Arkansas.
In a perfect world – at least for me, as a college football writer – my dream would be for Kiff Kiff to take over the UCLA job. But there’s a more realistic option that could soon pop up.
Considering the school is all in on the basketball side, now it needs the counterpart for football. Which is why …
Next Gig Up: Missouri
