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After wrapping up the 2024 season with a solid 10-3 record, Lane Kiffin and his Ole Miss program are preparing to kick off the upcoming season with fresh enthusiasm. For now, Kiffin is spending quality time with his children in Oxford. His brother, Chris Kiffin, also joined the Rebels’ staff as an analyst in 2024 and is living in Oxford with his four children.
However, Kiffin has also faced profound personal loss, having lost both of his parents within a year. Speaking at the SEC Media Days in Atlanta, Georgia, he reflected on this difficult period:
"Losing both parents in the last year has been very challenging. But, just thinking on the way over here. My mother and how grateful I am to her, and it reminds me of coach's wives, and to all coach's wives on all levels, how you really are the glue that holds everything together in these families.•
Lane Kiffin’s father, Monte Kiffin, who was renowned as a longtime NFL and college defensive coordinator and creator of the famed “Tampa 2” defense, passed away on July 11, 2024. Lane’s mother, Robin, died on June 17.
Lane Kiffin opens up about his time in Oxford
Since taking over as Ole Miss’s head coach in 2020, Lane Kiffin has compiled a 44-18 record with the Rebels and led them to five bowl games, including two appearances in New Year’s Six bowls. Beyond this on-field success, he has also developed a deep appreciation for the Oxford community.
During Monday’s SEC Media Days, Kiffin reflected on his time in Oxford:
"It's been an awesome time. Not to kind of dig too much into it, but even this weekend with family and stuff and just losing our parents, you know, and you just can't -- you got no idea what's going to happen. I was talking to our kids about that. "I owe so much to Oxford and the people there. It's just been awesome."Ole Miss is set to kick off their season at home against Georgia State on August 30.
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