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USC Fires Lane Kiffin
Jesse Palmer and Danny Kanell discuss USC's decision to fire football coach Lane Kiffin.
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The USC Trojans have fired coach Lane Kiffin not six hours after dropping to 3-2 after a blowout loss to Arizona State.
Trojans athletic director Pat Haden broke the news to Kiffin after the team's arrival back in Los Angeles early Sunday morning after the 62-41 loss at Tempe, Ariz., the school said in a statement on its website.
USC has lost seven of their past 11 games dating to last year and both of their first two in Pac-12 play this season.
Lane Lacked Punch
USC's offense this season ranks last in the Pac-12 in several categories, helping to usher Lane Kiffin out the door after only five games.
Pac-12 rank
PPG 26.0 Last
Yards PG 380.4 Last
3rd down 27.7% Last
Pass YPG 189.8 11th
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Kiffin's overall record in four years at USC was 28-15.
Haden will hold a news conference at USC on Sunday afternoon, the school said. The specific time and location of the event was unknown.
Kiffin had been retained despite the Trojans' a three-game skid to end the season that included a 38-28 loss to crosstown rival UCLA, a 22-13 defeat to then-No. 1 Notre Dame and a Hyundai Sun Bowl setback to Georgia Tech, 21-7, on New Year's Eve.
The Trojans debuted at No. 24 this preseason before dropping out of the Associated Press Top 25 in the third week. They had entered the 2012 season No. 1 but finished unranked.
But Kiffin's stay at USC -- like many of his other jobs -- came with a quick, tumult-laden exit.
Kiffin was an NFL head coach at 31, a head coach in the SEC at 33 and became USC's head coach at 34.
If there was a consistent trend to those stops with the Oakland Raiders, then the Tennessee Volunteers and finally the Trojans, it was turmoil.
With Oakland, he lasted only 20 games and his departure became a messy, public feud between he and Al Davis, the former owner who died in 2011.
More from We Are SC
Everything USC, from recruiting to news to game coverage, is available in ESPN.com's WeAreSC.
More:
• ESPN Los Angeles' USC blog
• ESPN.com Recruiting coverage
• ESPN.com's Pac-12 blog
His arrival in Tennessee was not warmly received by all Vols fans, given the loyalties many had to the former coach there, Phillip Fulmer.
And then came the USC era. The Trojans were hit with severe NCAA sanctions a few months after Kiffin arrived -- he had nothing to do with the wrongdoing that wound up costing the school 30 scholarships over three years and the right to go to the postseason twice -- but it set the tone for another bumpy ride.
Between the ongoing issue with the sanctions and injuries, the Trojans played at Arizona State on Saturday night with 56 recruited scholarship players. The lack of depth was evident at times in that game, and in the end, Kiffin was held ultimately responsible.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Jesse Palmer and Danny Kanell discuss USC's decision to fire football coach Lane Kiffin.
Tags: USC, Lane Kiffin, Jesse Palmer, Danny Kannell
NEXT VIDEO
Arizona State Tops USC In Shootout
The USC Trojans have fired coach Lane Kiffin not six hours after dropping to 3-2 after a blowout loss to Arizona State.
Trojans athletic director Pat Haden broke the news to Kiffin after the team's arrival back in Los Angeles early Sunday morning after the 62-41 loss at Tempe, Ariz., the school said in a statement on its website.
USC has lost seven of their past 11 games dating to last year and both of their first two in Pac-12 play this season.
Lane Lacked Punch
USC's offense this season ranks last in the Pac-12 in several categories, helping to usher Lane Kiffin out the door after only five games.
Pac-12 rank
PPG 26.0 Last
Yards PG 380.4 Last
3rd down 27.7% Last
Pass YPG 189.8 11th
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Kiffin's overall record in four years at USC was 28-15.
Haden will hold a news conference at USC on Sunday afternoon, the school said. The specific time and location of the event was unknown.
Kiffin had been retained despite the Trojans' a three-game skid to end the season that included a 38-28 loss to crosstown rival UCLA, a 22-13 defeat to then-No. 1 Notre Dame and a Hyundai Sun Bowl setback to Georgia Tech, 21-7, on New Year's Eve.
The Trojans debuted at No. 24 this preseason before dropping out of the Associated Press Top 25 in the third week. They had entered the 2012 season No. 1 but finished unranked.
But Kiffin's stay at USC -- like many of his other jobs -- came with a quick, tumult-laden exit.
Kiffin was an NFL head coach at 31, a head coach in the SEC at 33 and became USC's head coach at 34.
If there was a consistent trend to those stops with the Oakland Raiders, then the Tennessee Volunteers and finally the Trojans, it was turmoil.
With Oakland, he lasted only 20 games and his departure became a messy, public feud between he and Al Davis, the former owner who died in 2011.
More from We Are SC
Everything USC, from recruiting to news to game coverage, is available in ESPN.com's WeAreSC.
More:
• ESPN Los Angeles' USC blog
• ESPN.com Recruiting coverage
• ESPN.com's Pac-12 blog
His arrival in Tennessee was not warmly received by all Vols fans, given the loyalties many had to the former coach there, Phillip Fulmer.
And then came the USC era. The Trojans were hit with severe NCAA sanctions a few months after Kiffin arrived -- he had nothing to do with the wrongdoing that wound up costing the school 30 scholarships over three years and the right to go to the postseason twice -- but it set the tone for another bumpy ride.
Between the ongoing issue with the sanctions and injuries, the Trojans played at Arizona State on Saturday night with 56 recruited scholarship players. The lack of depth was evident at times in that game, and in the end, Kiffin was held ultimately responsible.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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