Dancin’ Pops: Monte Kiffin revs up Ole Miss ahead of Grove Bowl, players love it
By Keith Farner
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There’s not much college football players enjoy more than their head coaches dancing in the locker room. But on Saturday at Ole Miss, the Rebels saw that on another level.
Legendary NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, and Lane’s father, broke out into a dance to get the players fired up before the Grove Bowl.
“Pops always knows how to get the team pumped up,” Lane Kiffin tweeted.
Monte Kiffin was one of the coaches on the sidelines in the spring game, and has long been involved with his son’s programs. For example, at Florida Atlantic, Monte Kiffin was called a defensive analyst and pro liaison. Kiffin was a part of programs that included two NCAA National Championship titles and a Super Bowl crown.
Kiffin, who was most recently with the Jacksonville Jaguars and prior to that the Dallas Cowboys also spent 26 seasons in the NFL, 13 of which were with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per his FAU bio. One of the longest-tenured defensive coordinators in the NFL, and the developer of the Tampa Cover Two defense, Kiffin is generally considered as one of the modern era’s best defensive minds. He was a catalyst for Tampa Bay’s 2002 Super Bowl Championship and coached units that ranked among the NFL’s top 10 in both total defense and points allowed in 11 of his 13 seasons with the Buccaneers.
Pops always knows how to get the team pumped up @OleMissFB @SECNetwork blue team scores first @CoachWilsonLove might be going in dunk tank! pic.twitter.com/kQ5MyBdAAz
— Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) April 24, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
