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Lane Kiffin (HC Ole/Young Miss & Twitter Troll King)

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What Street Name Will Knoxville Give in Honor of Lane Kiffin's Hiring?

  • Lane Kiffin Lane

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  • Lane Kiffin Boulevard

    Votes: 2 2.4%

  • Lane Kiffin Circle

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Lane Kiffin Avenue

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Kiffin Lane

    Votes: 24 28.2%

  • Other

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  • I don't know, but I'd shag his wife

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CBS

Haden plans to attend UT infractions hearing

LOS ANGELES -- USC AD Pat Haden says he wants to attend Tennessee's June infractions hearing as an "observer."

Haden told CBSSports.com he was in the process of making a request to the NCAA.

"I hope I'm able to attend as an observer," Haden said. "I have a request [in] ... I've been told by people I should be able to."

Obviously, Haden has an interest in the hearing beyond just the experience. Tennessee basketball and football have been accused by the NCAA of a combined 12 major violations. Current USC coach and former Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin is charged by the NCAA with a "failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance" and "failure to monitor the activities regarding compliance" while in Knoxville.
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Tennessee's hearing is June 10-11 in Indianapolis. USC is still waiting the NCAA answer to its appeal on the June penalties for major violations. The school considers the penalties too harsh and is seeking elimination of this year's bowl ban and relief on scholarship reductions.

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CBS

Titans, USC settle suit over Kiffin hiring coach

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans say they have settled their lawsuit with the University of Southern California over Trojans coach Lane Kiffin hiring away an assistant coach just before training camp last July.

The Titans and USC announced Wednesday in a joint statement that settlement terms are private but called it an "amicable" resolution. The lawsuit is expected to be dismissed in a few weeks.

The team sued July 26, a couple days after Kiffin poached running backs coach Kennedy Pola off the Titans' coaching staff a week before Tennessee opened camp.

Then-Titans coach Jeff Fisher, a USC alumnus, had fired Earnest Byner to hire Pola last offseason and said Kiffin didn't make the customary courtesy call to alert the team of his intentions.

The Titans' lawsuit accused USC and Kiffin of using "improper means" to induce Pola to breach his contract with the NFL team. But USC and Kiffin offered Pola better job security than the Titans because his NFL contract ran to Feb. 14, 2011, though the team later extended their assistants' deals through 2012.

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Free 247 - National Notes: Big Irish weekend

Evaluation period begins

The spring evaluation period begins today and runs through May 31. College assistants can hit the road and make two visits to check on prospects- one to evaluate academics and the other to evaluate athletic ability. Schools are limited to four weeks out of the six. Head coaches are not allowed to be on the road during this time.

Kiffin's wake up calls

Southern California head coach Lane Kiffin surprised many prospects in the eastern time zone this morning with 6 a.m. (3 a.m. Pacific) calls, including five-star offensive tackle John Theus (Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles) and others.
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Looks like Kiffin won't get hit with any penalties from his secondary violations while at Tennessee.

govolsxtra

Sources: UT escapes further sanctions; NCAA announcement today

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The two major violations levied against the football program were found to be secondary violations. Outside of the penalties UT self-sanctioned before June's hearing, no further punishment was levied against the UT program, former coach a.inline_topic:hover { background-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); } Lane Kiffin or former assistant David Reaves.
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Kiffin, along with the various recruiting violations that were lumped into one all-encompassing major violation, had faced a charge of failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance within the football program and failing to monitor the activities regarding compliance of several of his assistant coaches.
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But he left behind that 2009 recruiting class (he was hired at the start of Dec. 2008, and left just before classes started at Tennessee in January, 2010 (remember the late night calls from Orgeron telling kids not to go to class at UT the next day?)

CBS

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Less than half of Jackson's teammates from the 2009 recruiting class are still with the program, and now that number dwindles further with Jackson's absence.
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From the NCAA Infractions Report for Tennessee, dated 8-24-11.

Kiffin received a "letter of admonishment" from the NCAA.

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In the sport of football, it was alleged that major violations occurred in the conduct of the program, including recruiting activities undertaken by student interns. The committee concluded that the evidence was insufficient to support findings of major violations. However, the committee was troubled by the number and nature of the secondary infractions by the football coaching staff during its one-year tenure at the institution. From January 2009 through October 2009 the staff committed 12 violations, all connected to recruiting. Some of the violations received nationwide publicity and
brought the football program into public controversy. This is not a record of which to be proud. Nevertheless, because the violations individually were secondary and most were isolated, the committee, in the end, determined not to make a finding of a major violation.
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d. Between January 3 and 9, 2010, members of the football coaching staff made 16
impermissible recruiting telephone calls to five prospective student-athletes after
the young men had reported to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl football contest
in San Antonio, Texas. The calls were placed subsequent to the football staff's
receipt of information in December 2009 from the institution's compliance staff
that such telephone calls were impermissible. [NCAA Bylaw 13.1.7.2]

e. On October 12, 2009, the former head football coach permitted a football
recruiting intern to make in-person, off-campus contacts with high school
administrators during a recruiting trip to the high school from which the intern
had graduated. This trip and these contacts occurred after the institution's director
of football operations informed both the former head football coach and the intern
on or about October 10, 2009, that the intern was not permitted to enter a high
school's property while accompanying a football coach on a recruiting trip.
[NCAA Bylaws 11.5.1, 11.7.1.1.1.1, 13.1.2.1 and 13.1.2.1.1]

f. On or about September 25, 2009, the former assistant football coach gave
approximately $40 to a student intern in the football office who was also a
member of the institution's Orange Pride program. The money was given to assist
with costs associated with an automobile trip that the intern and another student
intern were making between Knoxville, Tennessee, and Duncan, South Carolina,
a round trip of approximately 356 miles. The former assistant football coach
provided the funds to the student interns with full knowledge that they were
traveling to Duncan to attend a high school football game. While at the game,
both interns and a third member of the Orange Pride program made
impermissible, in-person, off-campus contact with three prospective student-
athletes. [NCAA Bylaws 13.01.4, 13.02.14-(e), 13.1.2.1.1 and 13.14.1]

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It was determined that no member of the institution's new student host organization may be employed in the athletics department; and
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Letters of admonishment were issued to the former head football coach and the recruiting intern.
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The other secondary violations (items a/b/c) involved 3 recruits having official visits that exceed the 48-hour limit (by 10 h 15 m, 7 h., and 2 h 30 m).
 
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