After just one, awkward season at Tennessee, Lane Kiffin is heading back to Cali. Kiffin announced tonight that he is leaving Tennessee to take Pete Carroll’s old job at USC. Kiffin has strong ties to SC where he was the offensive coordinator under Carroll, sharing responsibilities for the Trojans offense alongside Steve Sarkisian, who later left SC himself for Washington. Kiffin’s SC roots and recruiting skills made him a natural fit to take over the huge void left by Carroll.
“This was not an easy decision,” Kiffin said in a brief press conference on Tennessee’s campus. “I really believe this is the only place I would have left here to go.”
