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Coaches are in, coaches are out. That's the way things go. Stanford is the only Pac-12 team still looking for a coordinator. Co-defensive coordinator Jason Tarver is off to the NFL to run the Oakland Raiders defense. He'll be joined in Oakland by ...

If Lane Kiffin keeps this up, he's in danger of becoming "coach Lane Kiffin," not "Lane @#%$@ Kiffin" or "%&@# Kiffin" or just "@#$%@," for short. You say "Lane Kiffin" to a college football fan -- a football fan, really -- and you get many re...

There are two types of "new" coaches. First, there are new-new coaches, those who are entering their first season with no track record at their present destination, which allows fans to invest in them their wildest hopes and dreams. Then their are...

LOS ANGELES -- The nominee for "Worst Person in the World" from the state of Tennessee has been a bit of a letdown on the West Coast. When he wore bright orange, Lane Kiffin was as loud as the Volunteers' uniforms. He was a controversy not waiting to...

With receivers coach John Morton's departure for the San Francisco 49ers, the last holdout from Pete Carroll's staff has left USC. Morton previously worked with new 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh while the two were with the Oakland Raiders from 2002 unt...

There are lots of reasons to check out the Pac-10 this fall, but here are five hot topics that top the list. Elite quarterbacks: Jake Locker or Andrew Luck? Andrew Luck or Jake Locker? Who gets picked first in the NFL draft this spring (if, of cou...

SEATTLE -- Washington's Steve Sarkisian beat his mentor, USC coach Pete Carroll, last year. But can he beat his good friend? Sarkisian's tenure at USC will again be a story next fall when the Huskies visit USC, which is now coached by his old budd...

When Lane Kiffin bolted Tennessee for USC, it was the second biggest -- and most controversial -- story of the offseason. The biggest story, of course, was Pete Carroll leaving the Trojans for the Seattle Seahawks. Kiffin, 34, was mostly hammer...

New USC coach Lane Kiffin has hired James Cregg as an assistant coach, but it's not yet clear what position he will oversee. Cregg was Tennessee's offensive line coach last year, so his hiring might indicate that Pat Ruel, the Trojans offensive li...

The mailbag has been away for awhile -- last Friday's efforts were ruined by Pete Carroll -- and the bag overfloweth. David from San Diego writes: Ted this is in regards to your blog "Riley to USC: Thanks but no thanks""Feel free to pause for a mo...

Boy, who have thought hiring a football coach could inspire such... feeling? USC fans mourn Pete Carroll's departure with a candlelight vigil. Tennessee fans mourn the loss of Lane Kiffin with a, er, near-riot. It makes sense that Tennessee fa...

Seemingly every big-name coach in the country had been connected to the USC vacancy. Lane Kiffin was included in some reports, but almost as an afterthought. And yet Kiffin, Tennessee's head coach for just one year, is coming back west to coach th...

Lane Kiffin will leave Tennessee to become USC's next football coach, multiple sources have confirmed. Kiffin was an assistant for Pete Carroll before becoming the Oakland Raiders head coach. He has been at Tennessee for just one year....

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Talk about a coaching tree suddenly taking root. First, Tennessee hires Lane Kiffin. Then, Washington, according to reports, taps Steve Sarkisian. That's two Pete Carroll disciples landing BCS conference jobs within we...

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Tyrone Willingham was nearly fired as Washington's coach following the 2007 season, so know that the folks in power -- both inside and outside the university -- have been cogitating about who the Huskies next coach wil...