Took 3-9 FAU for 3 previous years to him and won 2 of 3 conference titles. Twitter loves saying ‘he hasn’t won anything’ like he’s supposed to win a Nati at 3-9 FAU.

Took 4-8/5-7 Ole Miss for 4 previous years to him and went 10-2 in the SEC most years and was for all practical purposes, the reason they went to CFP semi’s. (Golding never touched the offense in CFP, he only coached defense).

FAU had top 20 offenses in ypg all 3 years. In 2020, his first year gone, They dropped from 17th to 133rd in ypg.

Ole Miss had 105th ranked offense in ypg in 2019. In Kiffin first year, they jumped from 105th to 3rd in FBS in ypg. Corral in 2019 finished with a 131 passer rtg and was ranked 10th of 14 SEC Qbs in it. In 2020, Kiffin first year, he jumped 47 points to a 178 passer rating and ranked 7th in FBS in passer rating.

He’s had 12 consecutive years of top 20 offenses in ypg at mid teams.

This is also why I think the media isn’t recognizing that Chambliss could take a step back and regret not going to the NFL while hot. Kiffin has made every QB he gets into magic, and none of them have had success outside of him coaching them besides Dart.

He won a Nati with Jake Coker who never sniffed an NFL field, and went to CFP with Blake Sims who also never sniffed an NFL field.

As for cant win the big game, Kiffin is 8-6 vs top 15 teams last 5 years. Your average top 15 team is ranked 7th or 8th. To be 8-6 vs that is elite.

Cignetti is the only other coach in college football that I think has done so much with so little.

This post was edited on 8/31/26 at 2:22 am