Monte Kiffin was the Super-Bowl winning defensive coordinator who invented the Tampa 2 defense. Lane Kiffin is the former Raiders head coach whom Al Davis once called “Lance.” He currently is the head coach at FAU.
Chris Kiffin was FAU’s defensive coordinator last season. He will be a pass-rush coach for the 49ers.
Kiffin has a connection with 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh. In 2010, Kiffin was a defensive assistant at USC under defensive coordinator Ed Orgeron. Orgeron was an assistant coach for Pete Carroll when Carroll coached at USC. And Saleh was a defensive quality control assistant for Carroll at the Seahawks.