Lane Kiffin tweets tracker: Here’s every social media post fueling LSU, Florida rumors originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The college football coaching carousel has been buzzing in recent weeks, and at the center of most headlines is Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin.
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Kiffin has won 54 games in Oxford with the Rebels and has Ole Miss on the brink of a historic College Football Playoff run. Unsurprisingly, he is widely considered a top target for the open Florida and LSU jobs.
Kiffin has been active on social media for several years and has developed a reputation for stoking flames with his posts. True to form, he’s added fuel to the coaching-rumors fire with various posts on X and Instagram. Let’s run through the latest Kiffin coaching rumors and how his social media activity is fueling them.
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Lane Kiffin tweets
Kiffin has been active on social media, specifically X, for over a decade. He’s used it to troll Tennessee fans for years and has fired shots at everyone from Nick Saban to Paul Finebaum. But in recent days, his posts on X have seemed directly aimed at the rumors surrounding his future. As you can see, the man has been busy:
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Nov. 16, 8:27 p.m.— Kiffin quote-tweets Ole Miss AD Keith Carter after 34-24 win over Florida:
Nov. 17, 6:59 a.m.— Kiffin posts motivational quote about money not being an accomplishment:
Nov. 17, 10:21 A.M.— “When you love yourself, you glow from the inside:”
Nov. 17. 1:01 p.m.— Kiffin quote-tweets video of the Rebel Walk, which takes place before Ole Miss home games:
Nov. 17, 2:23 p.m.— Kiffin quote-tweets about “good ole days:”
Nov. 18, 6:12 a.m.— Kiffin shares motivational quote about what to do next:
Nov. 18, 6:37 a.m.—Kiffin posts another motivational quote, with underlined words “Your thoughts are too busy. You don’t like sitting still!”
Nov. 18, 9:30 p.m.—Kiffin shares a clip from his appearance on the “Pat McAfee” show with Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy:
Nov. 19, 6:12 a.m.—Kiffin posts motivational quote about “placing other people’s opinions higher than your own:”
Nov. 19, 8:13 p.m.—Kiffin shares video of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at night:
Nov. 20, 6:43 a.m.—Kiffin tweets “see you in Starkville,” after being asked on the SEC Teleconference if he expects to be coaching Ole Miss next week:
Nov. 20, 6:49 p.m.—Kiffin posts motivational quote about “looking for a soft place to land:”
Nov. 20, 3:33 p.m.—Kiffin tweets photo of a Dallas airport, and tags SMU:
Ole Miss is on a bye this week, so Kiffin is likely recruiting in the Dallas area. As for why he tagged, SMU, who knows?
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Nov. 21, 6:14 a.m. — Kiffin’s daily quote feels too on the nose. He mentioned during an appearance with Pat McAfee that he has a book of daily mantras, and the one he posted for Friday, amidst coaching uncertainty, feels coincidental.
Nov. 21, 10:48 a.m. — Presumably hours before Kiffin is expected to meet with Ole Miss AD Keith Carter, coach is out here recruiting. He reposted a post grading Ole Miss’ safeties with the hashtag #ComeToTheSip:
Kiffin has also retweeted several things over the last few days, like a giant bobblehead of him at a local Oxford convenience store, Louis Riddick posting about Lacy, a motivational quote about the hardest times in life leading to life’s greatest moments, and one of his own tweets celebrating the 2023 Egg Bowl victory among others.
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Lane Kiffin coaching record
Kiffin is 116-53 all-time as a head coach, but has compiled his best record of his career at Ole Miss. Over the last six seasons, he’s had four double-digit win seasons. If the Rebels defeat rival Mississippi State next weekend, a first-ever CFP bid will be waiting for Ole Miss.
