Lane Kiffin could be in trouble with NCAA again; Raiders call him a liar
Former USC assistant Lane Kiffin, now head coach at Tennessee, continues to struggle with the rule book. Tennessee, according to the Associated Press, has reported four minor recruiting violations to the NCAA since Kiffin was hired late last year.
The most recent came today after ESPN's "Outside the Lines" on Sunday included a segment showing Kiffin in his office with two high school recruits.
That would be a violation of NCAA recruiting rule 13.10.1, which states: “A member institution shall not permit a media entity to be present during any recruiting contact made by an institution’s coaching staff member.”
The ESPN program also included a statement from the Oakland Raiders, who fired Kiffin in September. The two sides are in litigation over pay Kiffin claims he is owed.
“Lane Kiffin is a flat-out liar. He lied to the team, he lied to the fans, and he lied to the media,” the Raiders’ statement said. “He will try to destroy that university like he tried to destroy the Raiders, and will eventually clash with [women’s basketball coach Pat] Summitt and [men’s basketball coach Bruce] Pearl.”
The university had no comment about the statement to the Associated Press.
-- Randy Harvey
Photo: Rocky Top? More like rocky start for Lane Kiffin at Tennessee. Credit: Wade Payne / Associated Press
Guess Al Davis wasn't so crazy after all. Already tanking another program.
Posted by: Fred Garcia | June 08, 2009 at 02:39 PM
Al Davis is the only person in the world to outdo Al Davis in the Department of Ridiculously Dumb Statements.
Posted by: gerrrg | June 08, 2009 at 03:07 PM
Whoa, Fred. Just because Al Davis might've been right about Kiffin, it doesn't mean he's not crazy. I assure you Al Davis is very, very crazy.
Posted by: S.A. Small | June 08, 2009 at 04:24 PM
Yeah...Right...Crazy like a fox...Kiffin's a punk. Always has been always will be. His father is the one that has any credibility.
Posted by: Jim Harvey | June 09, 2009 at 05:37 AM
Al Davis is crazy. . . like a fox. Kiffin is a dud.
Posted by: John Rambo | June 09, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Al Davis is crazy all right. Crazy like a fox. The rest is all media bull.
Posted by: Raiderbubba | June 09, 2009 at 08:32 AM
Keep on lapping up your media pablum on Al Davis. You MTV generations can't get past wrinkles and looks, and need to realize that Kiffin is a dumb liar. Anyone who doesn't see that is fooling themselves.
Posted by: JSpicoli | June 09, 2009 at 12:03 PM
The thing is, for Kiffin, he's just received a gift via the Raiders, in the form of the right to sue for libel.
Posted by: gerrrg | June 09, 2009 at 05:00 PM
S.A. Small and just how can you assure us anything? Do you know him? I bet you hang out with him all the time eh? I assure you, your a dork.
Posted by: seattle raider | June 09, 2009 at 07:23 PM
I assure you raider fans. S.A.Small is crazy. I ASSURE you!
Dork.
Posted by: seattle raider | June 09, 2009 at 07:25 PM