Odds on Alabama OC Lane Kiffin’s Next Football Coaching Job
By David Wasson
Where will Lane Kiffin end up next season? So many choices – but Bama Hammer is here to handicap the options for the Alabama football offensive coordinator.
With the news the past week that Alabama football offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin is being courted both by new LSU coach Ed Orgeron to be the Tigers’ offensive coordinator, Houston to replace Tom Herman and perhaps Oregon to replace Mark Helfrich, Bama Hammer decided to handicap the field of candidates for Kiffin’s next job.
Remember, these are for entertainment purposes only – though we feel confident there is some outlet somewhere overseas who might take this action.
1000/1: New head coach at Alabama
What must happen: Nick Saban shocks the world and decides to hang it up between another SEC Championship Game triumph and a sixth national championship. Likely a sudden health scare, Saban retires at the absolute pinnacle of the game and hands the reins to Lane Kiffin in an emotional press conference. And look, Kiffin’s offensive coordinator is already at Alabama in Steve Sarkisian!
Why it will happen: Alabama AD Bill Battle bumps his head in the middle of the night and somehow equates Kiffin’s stunning head-coaching success to date as a sign he is capable of coaching the most dominant program in college football history.
Why it won’t happen: Unless Saban’s health somehow deteriorates overnight, and Dabo Swinney’s momma doesn’t call, there isn’t a chance this happens. Then again, as Lloyd Christmas once opined, “so you’re saying there’s a chance!”