Lane Kiffin? Once again, AL Davis and company prove that improving the
team is not their main concern. Yes, Lane was a damn good coordinator
for USC, but the NFL is not the PAC10, and we do not have the talent USC
does. At this point nothing the Raiders do will surprise me, rumor has
that we now what Michael Vick.....why? We have no running backs, no
recievers, no defense, no offense, just a bunch check collectors
pretending to be a football team!!!!!


--- In GoRaiders@yahoogroups.com, "wonderfulkat Moderator" wrote:
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> Kiffin Named Head Coach
> January 22, 2007
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> Lane Kiffin has been named the 16th Head Coach in Raiders history.
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> USC Lane Kiffin will be formally introduced as Head Coach of The
Oakland Raiders during a press conference on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
at 1:00 p.m. at the Raiders' facility in Alameda. With his appointment
today by Raiders owner Al Davis, Kiffin becomes the 16th head coach in
franchise history and the youngest head coach in the NFL. The 31-year
old Kiffin is also the youngest Head Coach in Raider history. Pro
Football Hall of Fame Coach John Madden was 32 when he was elevated to
the head post by Davis in 1969.
> Most recently, Kiffin presided over the vaunted offensive attack at
the University of Southern California that a featured long, medium and
short-range passing game coupled with a power running attack. His
tutoring helped the Trojans capture back-to-back National College
Football Championships in 2003 and 2004.
> Kiffin's play-calling, structure and offensive design helped the
Trojan produce two Heisman Trophy winners-Reggie Bush in 2005 and Matt
Leinart in 2004.
> Kiffin, the son of longtime pro and college coach Monte Kiffin, just
completed his sixth year at the University of Southern California. He
joined the Trojan staff in 2001 handling the tight ends and he coached
wide receivers from 2002-03. In 2004, he took on the responsibility of
passing game coordinator as well as coaching wide receivers. In 2005, he
was promoted to offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator in
addition to continuing as the wide receivers coach.
> Under Kiffin's offensive leadership in 2006, the Trojans finished
first in the Pac-10 in passing efficiency, averaging 264 yards per game,
produced two 1,000-yard receivers (Dwayne Jarrett-1,105, Steve
Smith-1,083) and a 3,000-yard passer (John David Booty-3,347).
> In 2005, Kiffin was named one of the nation's Top 25 recruiters and
served as offensive coordinator of an offensive that ranked in the top
six nationally in every offensive category, including tops in total
offense (579.8 yards per game) and second in scoring offense (49.1), and
set Pac-10 records for total offense yardage, first downs, points
scored, touchdowns and PATs. The Trojans, who scored 50 points a
school-record seven times, won games by an average of 26.2 points.
> Kiffin's play-calling and offensive design enabled Bush to capture the
2005 Heisman and the Trojans to become the first school to have a
3,000-yard passer (Matt Leinart-3,815), a pair of 1,000-yard runners
(Bush-1,777, LenDale White-1,319) and a 1,000-yard receiver
(DwayneJarrett-1,274) in a season.
> In 2004, Kiffin coached on a staff that led Southern California to its
second straight National Championship. He was in charge of a passing
attack that helped Leinart win the Heisman Trophy with 3,322 yards
passing and 33 touchdowns.
> He also mentored the Trojan wide receivers including Mike Williams, a
consensus All-American first teamer and a finalist for the Biletnikoff
Award in 2003, who set Southern California career (30) and season (16)
touchdown reception records. Kiffin also coached Keary Colbert, who set
the Southern California career reception record (207) and was a NFL
second round pick and Jarrett, who was named Freshman All-American first
team.
> In 2002, Kiffin coached the Southern California wide receivers that
included Williams, who was Freshman All-American first team and the
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and Colbert both of whom became Southern
California's first pair of 1,000-yard receivers. He also coached Kareem
Kelly, who became the Trojan career reception leader and was a sixth
round NFL draft pick.
> With Kiffin on the coaching staff, Southern California played in the
2001 Las Vegas Bowl, 2003 Orange Bowl, 2004 Rose Bowl, 2005 Orange Bowl
(BCS Championship Game) and 2006 Rose Bowl (BCS Championship Game) and
the 2007 Rose Bowl.
> Kiffin was the defensive quality control coach for the NFL's
Jacksonville Jaguars in 2000 (he worked with the secondary). He began
his coaching career at Fresno State, his alma mater, where for two
seasons (1997-98) he worked with the quarterbacks, wide receivers and
defensive backs. He then was an assistant at Colorado State in 1999,
working with the offensive line. The Rams played in the Liberty Bowl
that season.
> Kiffin was a quarterback at Fresno State for three seasons (1994-96),
where he was coached by current University of California Head Coach Jeff
Tedford. He earned his bachelor's degree in leisure service management
from Fresno State in 1998. He prepped at Bloomington (Minn.) Jefferson
High, where he played football, basketball and baseball.
> He was born May 9, 1975. His wife's name is Layla. They have two
daughters, Landry, 2 and Pressley, 3 months. His father, Monte, is the
defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The elder Kiffin, a
longtime NFL and collegiate assistant coach served as North Carolina
State's head coach in the early 1980s. His brother, Chris, was a
defensive lineman at Colorado State (2001-04).
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