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Lane Kiffin

2009-2025Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss, Tennessee, USC

4 schools coached, anchored by Ole Miss.

Lane Kiffin coached 14 seasons, won 67.1%, and posted an average SRS of 11.4. Best season: 2024 Ole Miss. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
106-52
Career win rate
67.1%
Average SRS
11.4
Peak SRS
19.2

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
14
Career span
17 years
Best finish
#6
Consistency
68.9

Primary school anchor

Ole Miss

Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 82.5.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Lane Kiffin
EliteStrongAverageLean
Lane Kiffin: 2010 USCLane Kiffin: 2017 Florida AtlanticLane Kiffin: 2020 Ole Miss
2009Actual season year • SRS range -4.0 to 19.22025

Active comparison point

Lane Kiffin2024

Selected

2024 Ole Miss

Best season

10-3 • SRS 19.2 • SP Overall 27.9

Win %

76.9%

YoY SRS

+5.2

SP Off / Def

37.7 / 11.9

Finish

#11

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

16-25

Games
41
Win rate
39.0%

Top 10

6-16

Games
22
Win rate
27.3%

Top 5

4-12

Games
16
Win rate
25.0%
View ranked game results41
2025 Regular Week 9Ole MissOklahoma#13W34-26
2025 Regular Week 8Ole MissGeorgia#9L35-43
2025 Regular Week 5Ole MissLSU#4W24-19
2025 Postseason Week 1Ole MissMiami#2L27-31
2025 Postseason Week 1Ole MissGeorgia#6W39-34
2025 Postseason Week 1Ole MissTulane#18W41-10
2024 Regular Week 11Ole MissGeorgia#2W28-10
2024 Regular Week 7Ole MissLSU#13L26-29
2023 Regular Week 11Ole MissGeorgia#1L17-52
2023 Regular Week 5Ole MissLSU#13W55-49
2023 Regular Week 4Ole MissAlabama#13L10-24
2023 Regular Week 2Ole MissTulane#24W37-20
2023 Postseason Week 1Ole MissPenn State#13W38-25
2022 Regular Week 11Ole MissAlabama#10L24-30
2022 Regular Week 5Ole MissKentucky#7W22-19
2021 Regular Week 11Ole MissTexas A&M#11W29-19
2021 Regular Week 9Ole MissAuburn#18L20-31
2021 Regular Week 6Ole MissArkansas#13W52-51
2021 Regular Week 5Ole MissAlabama#1L21-42
2021 Postseason Week 1Ole MissBaylor#5L7-21
2020 Regular Week 6Ole MissAlabama#2L48-63
2020 Regular Week 4Ole MissFlorida#5L35-51
2020 Postseason Week 1Ole MissIndiana#12W26-20
2019 Regular Week 2Florida AtlanticUCF#18L14-48
2018 Regular Week 4Florida AtlanticUCF#16L36-56
2017 Regular Week 2Florida AtlanticWisconsin#9L14-31
2013 Regular Week 14USCUCLA#22L14-35
2013 Regular Week 12USCStanford#5W20-17
2012 Regular Week 13USCNotre Dame#1L13-22
2012 Regular Week 12USCUCLA#17L28-38
2012 Regular Week 10USCOregon#2L51-62
2012 Regular Week 3USCStanford#21L14-21
2011 Regular Week 12USCOregon#4W38-35
2011 Regular Week 9USCStanford#4L48-56
2010 Regular Week 11USCArizona#18W24-21
2010 Regular Week 9USCOregon#1L32-53
2010 Regular Week 6USCStanford#16L35-37
2009 Regular Week 9TennesseeSouth Carolina#21W31-13
2009 Regular Week 8TennesseeAlabama#1L10-12
2009 Regular Week 3TennesseeFlorida#1L13-23
2009 Postseason Week 1TennesseeVirginia Tech#10L14-37

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Ole Miss

2020-20256 seasons

Avg SRS 12.9 • Win % 71.0%

Florida Atlantic

2017-20193 seasons

Avg SRS 4.5 • Win % 67.5%

USC

2010-20134 seasons

Avg SRS 14.5 • Win % 65.1%

Tennessee

2009-20091 seasons

Avg SRS 11.2 • Win % 53.8%

Longest tenure
Ole Miss • 6 seasons
Best tenure
USC • 14.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Ole Miss • 71.0%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Lane Kiffin sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Lane Kiffin sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Lane Kiffin

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
15.0
Percentile
94th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

Ole Miss

2020-202544-18

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 12.9Win % 71.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 6.0 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.9 during vs 7.2 baseline

+5.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

17.7 during vs 12.7 baseline

+4.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+30.0%

Florida Atlantic

2017-201927-13

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 4.5Win % 67.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.0 during vs 3.0 baseline

+6.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.5 during vs -12.3 baseline

+16.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.2 during vs -11.8 baseline

+13.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

USC

2010-201328-15

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 14.5Win % 65.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 11.0 baseline

-4.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.5 during vs 22.5 baseline

-8.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

21.1 during vs 30.1 baseline

-9.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-50.0%

Tennessee

2009-20097-6

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 11.2Win % 53.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 7.8 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.2 during vs 9.0 baseline

+2.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.2 during vs 15.9 baseline

+0.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

-60.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Ole Miss 2024

10-3SRS 19.2

Biggest Improvement

Florida Atlantic 2019

11-312.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

USC 2011

10-2SP Off 43.5

Best Defensive Season

Ole Miss 2024

10-3SP Def 11.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Florida Atlantic 2018

5-7SRS -4.0

Biggest Drop

Florida Atlantic 2018

5-7-13.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Ole Miss2025000015.824.040.418.3-3.4
Ole Miss202413103076.9%#6#1119.227.937.711.9+5.2-7.7%
Ole Miss202313112084.6%#22#914.018.436.319.2+4.3+23.1%
Ole Miss20221385061.5%#219.716.238.823.7-2.7-15.4%
Ole Miss202113103076.9%#1112.414.836.822.4+6.3+26.9%
Ole Miss20201055050.0%6.14.838.133.2-2.0-28.6%
Florida Atlantic201914113078.6%8.1-0.628.629.5+12.1+36.9%
Florida Atlantic20181257041.7%-4.0-0.830.829.9-13.5-36.9%
Florida Atlantic201714113078.6%9.55.134.731.3-6.2+18.6%
USC2013532060.0%#24#1915.722.536.612.5+2.9+6.2%
USC20121376053.8%#112.821.940.718.3-3.1-29.5%
USC201112102083.3%#25#615.924.743.521.0+2.3+21.8%
USC20101385061.5%#1413.615.239.023.0+2.4+7.7%
Tennessee20091376053.8%11.216.232.915.5

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