Following the Ole Miss' fall scrimmage on Saturday, head coach Lane Kiffin addressed his decision to have wide receivers coach Derrick Nix serve as the acting head coach for the game...

quote:
“There’s more Tony Dungys, there’s more Lovie Smiths, there’s more Mike Tomlins that never get the opportunity...” Kiffin said, via Sports Illustrated. "We’re in 2023, and between SEC and Big 12, we have no minority head coaches. …It is ridiculous, when we’re talking about two major conferences right here in this area, and when whatever it is, 80-percent of our players are minority but we have all white coaches. It’s really a system that needs to be fixed.”

“To give someone the opportunity to speak in front of the team, to handle media, to handle pregame meal, to handle injury reports, to get out there today to manage the kind of scrimmage… I think was really good for [Nix]...” Kiffin said.

"You can’t see how good somebody is until they get a chance to do it. That would be my wish out there to ADs and presidents and universities to understand that, and this is a good example.”

(The Spun)

Filed Under: Ole Miss Sports

Lane Kiffin Rejected Morgan Wallen's Request At His Ole Miss Concert

Lane Kiffin Not Happy With College Football's Transfer Portal Window

Lane Kiffin Says Ole Miss' Roster Has 'NFL, Free Agency Vibe'

Former Ole Miss Basketball Player Arrested For Shooting At Repo Man

Originally published on SECRant.com

28 Comments

Recent Oldest Top

You must be logged in to comment. |

tiger109•9 months

Good idea Lane, give up your spot! Best person for the job, period. No matter color. That's why 80% of players are black. Why not give whites,Asians and Mexicans a chance.

SophisticatedRedneck•9 months

…and I thought he was going to say [female] cheerleaders. It would make more sense than the pandering nonsense he came up with. Sounds more like something a girlfriend would talk him into… What a dipshit!

faraway•9 months

nah you guys fail to see what happened. somebody threatened to destroy Lane and he knew they would. they forced him to make this stupid statement. same reason bud light and target bent the knee. connect the dots

panzer•9 months

Let him quit and give a minority a chance....

OweO•9 months

All of these comments make me laugh. Yall bring politics into it, etc as if it has anything to do with more than recruiting.

Barbellthor•9 months

Yea. If they're hired on merit.

FreeState•9 months

I don't have a problem with a minority coach if he's a good coach. Maybe Lane might give up his job in favor of a minority.

Texas Weazel•9 months

Ole Miss boosters aren't going to like this.

Clark14•9 months

I wonder how many black coaches want to be a head coach..

Timeoday•9 months

Lane trolling the libs for sure. ESPN will be calling Lane more often now. I wonder if they will demand him to hire more black assistants?
Meanwhile, I am working on making White History Month a global reality!!

Tiger on the Rag•9 months

Well resign Lane and refer a black coach for your position. 12.8% of the american population is made up of black americans. Why not a Latino? They make up just shy of 20% population. Sick of the racism narative

CrimsonBuddha•9 months

I think we need more White football players. White people are close to 60% of the population, and yet most football players in the SEC are black. The underrepresentation is insane.

FLTech•9 months

If there were any good black head coaches available then there would be good black head coaches in college football

Now if I remember correctly.. there is a new black head coach in Colorado and the majority of people on TD want him to fail miserably

TigerFanatic99•9 months

Lane should resign so a minority can take his place. Staying just makes him look hypocritical

Drizzt•9 months

Lane should resign and give Nix his contract. Problem solved.

Each of these schools just wants to win. The idea that they would intentionally lose by avoiding good black coaches is ridiculous. If there is a winning coach out there, he gets a chance if he wins enough.

atltiger6487•9 months

ah, the race card. Again. Exhausting.

GeauxLSUGeaux•9 months

“80-percent of our players are minority but we have all white coaches. It’s really a system that needs to be fixed.”
It’s only the coaches that need to get fixed. Having all black players is cool even though they make up 10 percent of the population.

Covingtontiger77•9 months

Cool Lane. When are you resigning and going public with who you want to replace you? Put the pressure on Ole Miss and do something Lane!

Hawgnsincebirth55•9 months

Lane is a pos for this. Not just because of the bullshite he’s spewing but because he’s just doing it to pander to recruits.

SwampyWaters•9 months

Once again, Lane Kiffin not getting enough attention so he throws out the race card. What some people will do for attention!

Load More Comments