Monte Kiffin, a coaching legend who spent nearly 60 years on sidelines in both college and the NFL, died Thursday at the age of 84. He was Lane Kiffin's father.
Monte Kiffin, the coaching legend and father of Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, has died at the age of 84. Monte, credited as the mastermind of the Tampa 2 defensive scheme, had been working alongside his son as a player personnel analyst. 'As his grandson Knox said, he’s free of pain and smiling down on us from above. Please keep the Kiffin family in your thoughts and prayers during this time,' Ole Miss said in a statement.
Kiffin coached at seven universities and with eight NFL teams throughout his nearly six-decade career. His first job was as a graduate assistant with the University of Nebraska. He was the defensive coordinator when the Cornhuskers won back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971. After serving as Arkansas' defensive coordinator from 1977 to 1979, he got his first, and only, head coaching job at N.C. State, going 16-17 in his three seasons there.
He made the jump to the NFL the following year and jumped around NFL circles until going back to the college ranks in 2009. Kiffin finally found NFL success as defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their 2003 Super Bowl victory. He is in the franchise's Ring of Honor. 'Monte Kiffin was a beloved and iconic member of the Buccaneers family, and our entire organization mourns his loss today,' the Glazer family said in a statement.
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