Tennessee’s Kiffin stresses recruiting in completion of staff
It wasn’t hard to figure out what was important to new Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin in completing his staff.
Recruiting, recruiting and more recruiting.
Former Alabama recruiting coordinator Lance Thompson became Kiffin’s linebacker coach after having been named Rivals.com National Recruiter of the Year.
Eddie Gran is Tennessee’s special teams coordinator and running backs coach after having served in the same capacity at Auburn for the last 10 years. Kiffin was quoted as saying that Gran was “Auburn’s best recruiter over the past 10 years.”
Kiffin also added former Southern Miss running backs coach Frank Wilson as the Volunteers’ wide receivers coach, and Willie Mack Garza, formerly of North Dakota State and Texas Christian, as defensive backs coach.
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1/21/09
Magnolia Tribune
