BOCA RATON — Though he’s taken to making light of the incident, Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin is opening up on how badly he was affected by his firing from USC in 2013.
“I wanted to die, because at the time I was defined by my job,” Kiffin wrote in an essay penned on the website Athletes For God with author Tom Hager.
Kiffin, 43, went 28-15 in three-plus seasons before being fired after a 62-41 loss to Arizona State on Sept 28, 2013. After returning to Los Angeles International Airport from Tempe, Kiffin was pulled off the Trojans’ bus on the tarmac and was told he’d been fired during the game.