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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 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

106-52

Career Win %

67.1%

Seasons

14

Career Span

17 years

Average SRS

11.4

Peak SRS

19.2

Best Finish

#6

Consistency

68.9

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

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

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.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

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 %

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

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Elite

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Ole Miss

2020-202544-18

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure 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 the tenure 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 the tenure 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 the tenure 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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