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Lane Kiffin
American football coach
- Born1975
- Known asAmerican football coach
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How old is Lane Kiffin?
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Lane Kiffin is 51 years old. He was born on May 9, 1975.
- Wikipedia: Lane Kiffin, revision of Oct 24, 2026
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- Known for: American football coach (born 1975)
- Born: May 9, 1975
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- Monte "Lane" Kiffin is an American football coach who is the head coach for the LSU Tigers.
- He previously served as the head coach for the Oakland Raiders from 2007 to 2009, Tennessee Volunteers in 2009, USC Trojans from 2010 to 2013, Florida Atlantic Owls from 2017 to 2019, and Ole Miss Rebels from 2020 to 2025.
- Kiffin was the youngest head coach in modern NFL history when he became the head coach of the Raiders and was the youngest head coach of a power conference team in college football when he was at Tennessee and USC.
Life and Career
Kiffin is the son of longtime NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin. He graduated from Bloomington Jefferson High School in Minnesota in 1994 and was a backup quarterback at Fresno State before he gave up his senior season to become a student assistant coach. He graduated in 1998.
After a year as a graduate assistant at Colorado State and a year with the Jacksonville Jaguars, he joined Pete Carroll's staff at USC in 2001 and became offensive coordinator in 2005. Raiders owner Al Davis hired him in January 2007 at age 31, which made him the youngest head coach in modern NFL history.
He was Alabama's offensive coordinator from 2014 to 2016 and a Broyles Award finalist in 2014. At Florida Atlantic he went 11–3 in his first season, in 2017, and won two Conference USA titles. Ole Miss introduced him as its head coach in December 2019. On November 30, 2025, LSU named him its 34th head football coach on a seven-year, $91 million deal.
He and his ex-wife, Layla Reaves, have three children; they announced their divorce in 2016. In 2024 he said he had been sober for three and a half years.
Source: Wikipedia: Lane Kiffin, revision of Oct 24, 2026.
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- MyShowNotes ✓ Nick Saban | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #689: Former Alabama coordinator Saban calls a fantastic play caller and recruiter. (1:05:17)
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Monte "Lane" Kiffin is an American football coach who is the head coach for the LSU Tigers.
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