Coming for Nick Saban? Lane Kiffin reportedly trying to steal longtime Alabama staffer
Lane Kiffin isn’t messing around. The new Ole Miss head coach is coming for Alabama.
Aaron Suttles of The Athletic tweeted on Wednesday that, “New Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is gunning for Alabama and Nick Saban. For his staff, he’s targeting current, former and potential UA coaches and staffers, including one long-time Saban coach.”
College football reporter Bruce Feldman quoted the tweet, revealing that one of the Crimson Tide assistants Kiffin tried to hire away was prominent strength coach Scott Cochran:
“In his biggest coup attempt, Kiffin offered Alabama strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran an on-the-field coaching position to try to steal him from Saban”
According to USA Today, Cochran’s salary is $595,000 as Alabama’s strength coach, making him the fifth-highest-paid strength coach in the NCAA. Cochran has been on Saban’s Alabama staff since the beginning (2007 season).
Cochran and other UA assistants obviously impressed Kiffin during his three seasons (2014-16) as Saban’s offensive coordinator. It will be interesting to see how many assistants with Alabama ties ultimately join Kiffin’s staff.
“In his biggest coup attempt, Kiffin offered Alabama strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran an on-the-field coaching position to try to steal him from Saban” https://t.co/j7074cp6gt
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 11, 2019
If Kirby couldn’t get Cochran there is no way Kiffin will.
What I was thinking too. But Lane will be fun and entertaining and that is what CFB is about
never say never. money talks and bs walks
Actually BS just started coaching over in Oxford. Cochran can see through that I’m sure.
Best comment of the day.
Agreed, plus I think despite his rah-rah spirit, I think Cochran greatly values discipline and self control and instilling it in his players. I like Kiffin and think he will be successful, but I don’t see him as a tight reigns guy.
Go ahead and pay Coach C more money cause that’s what’s gonna happen anyway
Yep. Do it.
I wonder what position, as he has never been an on field coach before.
Please take Golding……
He’s just got to go, geez.
Kiffin had to know that it wouldn’t work. He is just trolling
Money talks but i dont see Ole Miss giving up alot once they pay the I think i can coach. He can win as a head coach as long aS its not in the SEC. DIDNT SABAN TEACH HIM BETTER THATS BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU HUH
Never a dull moment with this guy.
Lane Kiffin will and is bringing some needed-excitement in the coaching ranks to the SEC West. Why not coach and have some fun too !
This is what we’ve been missing in the SEC ever since we lost Les Miles and Spurrier. Between Kiffin and Coach O, I think we’ve finally replaced those two from a soundbite and excitement standpoint.
Why would anyone listen to Aaron Suttles about anything? He’s just a gossip queen that knows nothing.
Are any of us surprised that the first thing he does is start poaching Saban’s assistants?
Lame Kiffin still mad about that A$$ chewing he got on National TV.
What a Dirtbag. Just watched that Saban and Belichek show on HBO. They both said these coaches today try that dirty stuff and they never did that to each other.
Didn’t Lane bring his S&C guy from FAU?
So the Bama guy goes to work for Kiffin and Saban steals the FAU guy from Ole Miss to be the highest paid S&C coach.
That would be fun.
I read that his first hire was his former S & C coach from Florida Atlantic. This is probably just internet chatter, no validity to it.
He’s offering the Bama guy an on-field position, not to be S&C coach.
Clearly didn’t read the article.
Ok, I can’t get past 595000 for the guy running the weight room. Need my son to quit med school and grab some dumb bells
Pluck’em all. Saban and Alabama will do what Saban and Alabama almost always does, plug and replace and then somehow get better, ugh.
Thought it Butch boy 4 sure lol
I love Kiffin.
I have a neighbor who had a BMW but he lost it to a Florida repo company. He replaced it with a Hyundai. His family never had been crazy about the Hyundai, as its performance has declined each year it has been around. They really wanted a new car for Christmas.Instead, my neighbor got the Hyundai detailed, bought new hubcaps, and signed up for Sirius radio and then half heartedly told his family that the Hyundai would be fine for another year. Plus, no neighbor had a better car so no worries.
Imagine his and his family’s dismay when their most hated neighbor drove up Wed in a brand new Benz.
There goes the neighborhood :-)
I love Lane Kiffin being back in the SEC… West. He’s going to be good for loads of entertainment.
The Cochran story was bogus from the start. Kiffin brought his S&C guy from Boca and Cochran has zero background to be an on-the-field football coach.