Sheriff Kiffin lays down the law at USC
LOS ANGELES — This winter, Lane Kiffin was handed his second plumb college head coaching job just three years after becoming the youngest head coach in NFL history. Yet his record is 12-21. How the heck did he get the cardinal and gold keys to USC’s Heritage Hall? His most notable achievement is manufacturing controversy with both his words and actions. Substance? Kiffin’s critics will tell you “there’s no there, there.”
No there? We can tell you Kiffin was there, in his office at 3 a.m. PDT on April 15 watching frenetic defensive line coach Ed Orgeron scarf down a super-sized Red Bull — No. 2 or 3? — while presiding over his bleary-eyed staff. Why 3 a.m. on April 15? Because programs are allowed one call to a junior prospect during the spring recruiting evaluation period from April 15 to May 31, and Kiffin had decided that the first voice elite East Coast recruits would hear would be from a Trojan coach.
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4/29/10
