After making a good but not great impression as a head coach at Tennessee and Southern California, Lane Kiffin has successfully revitalized his image. Of course, serving as the offensive coordinator for the national champions will do that.

Kiffin’s name is one that has been tossed around of late for some of the head coaching gigs that could become available after this season. USA TODAY Sports’ Dan Wolken listed eight programs where he believes Kiffin would be a fit.

Two SEC programs made Wolken’s list, Auburn and Kentucky. Auburn is the most interesting team on his list. Gus Malzahn is very much on the hot seat after a couple of lackluster seasons, but would Tigers fans accept someone who has been Nick Saban’s right-hand man in recent years?

Here are the programs that Wolken named, along with a brief excerpt of his reasoning.

West Virginia: “Shane Lyons, who took over as athletics director last year, came from Alabama where he worked closely with the football program.”

Arizona: “Rich Rodriguez was considered damaged goods when athletics director Greg Byrne hired him, so there’s a history of rolling the dice on big names.”

N.C. State: “It still seems unlikely the Wolfpack will make a change, but Dave Doeren is 6-18 in the ACC and if things continue to go south, who knows?”

Kentucky: “Nobody is going to be a bigger rock star in Lexington than John Calipari, but Kiffin might give him a run for his money.”

Houston: “If Tom Herman left, the school would undoubtedly want to think big and bold given the recent success and financial resources that have been poured into the football program.”

San Diego State: “Rocky Long is going stronger than ever, but he turns 67 in January and there have been retirement whispers.”

Fresno State: “It’s a little known fact that Kiffin graduated from Fresno State in 1996 and started his coaching career there.”

Auburn: “No way, right?”