The agreement could be completed as soon as Saturday after Kiffin’s current team, Florida Atlantic, plays UAB for the Conference USA championship, Wolken reported.
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Kiffin, 44, would replace Matt Luke, who was fired after a 4-8 season. The Rebels reportedly beat out fellow SEC West school Arkansas for Kiffin’s services.
Kiffin coached the Vols for just the 2009 season, finishing 7-6, and then abruptly left Knoxville to take over the Southern Cal program. After the Trojans fired him in 2013 in the infamous tarmac incident (he was 28-15 with USC), he landed on Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama for the 2014 season.
Kiffin served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for three seasons (one of which ended in a national championship) before taking the FAU job ahead of the 2017 season. The Owls are 25-13 under Kiffin and will be playing for their second C-USA title under him on Saturday.
