As of last night, Lane Kiffin stepped down as Tennessee head coach and took the place of Pete Carroll at USC. Carroll accepted a job with the NFL's Seattle Seahawks earlier this week. Although he denies running away from USC's ongoing investigation, it seems suspicious that he is bolting from a program he invested so much time and effort into building.
Carroll said [his depature USC] “not in any way” did it come as a result of USC’s impending troubles. Among the allegations are charges that former USC running back Reggie Bush took cash and gifts from recruiters, and later violated rules by helping Carroll recruit Louisiana running back Joe McKnight. -- FOX Chattanooga
Tennessee's football program is also under close watch due to allegations of recruiting infractions. Kiffin pretty much sent out some bombshell to convince some barely legal kid to come play football for his program. If that's not genius then I don't know what is, too bad it's against the rules.
Since Tennessee Coach Lane Kiffin took over in December 2008 after being fired as the Oakland Raiders' coach, the Volunteers have committed at least six secondary N.C.A.A. violations — unintentional violations that provide minimal recruiting or competitive advantage. Interviews with multiple recruits and their family members revealed that the N.C.A.A. has strong interest in Tennessee’s use of recruiting hostesses, students who are part of a formal group at the university that hosts all manner of prospective students at campus visits, including athletes. It is not clear whether the university sent the hostesses to visit the football players. -- NY Times
These Nixonian exits are the American way, are they not? Tell 'em Lane.
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