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Football: Defensive Coordinator Chris Kiffin admits to three recruiting violations at Ole Miss, denies another

The new FAU assistant coach will not face any further discipline for his violations.

Defensive coordinator Chris Kiffin yells out orders to the defense late in the third quarter. Ryan Lynch | Business Manager

Florida Atlantic new defensive coordinator Chris Kiffin has admitted to three recruiting violations during his four-year tenure as a defensive linemen coach with the University of Mississippi, according to his response the NCAA publicly released this past friday. There are four total allegations, but Kiffin denied the fourth one.

The three violations which Kiffin admitted to were:

Arranging for free hotel lodging and food for family members of a recruit that weren’t his parents during a January 2013 official visit.