Coach hiring season is in full swing, and an Alabama coordinator is generating interest for multiple major openings. Hint: It's not the one with three prior head-coaching stops -- two in Power 5 conferences and one in the NFL.
Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kirby Smart is being mentioned as a top candidate at South Carolina and now at Georgia, where he played defensive back from 1995-98. There's little doubt Smart, who has been with Nick Saban since 2006, soon will be running his own shop.
The outlook is murkier for Lane Kiffin, Alabama's polarizing offensive coordinator. Kiffin, 40, has had head-coaching stints with the Oakland Raiders (2007-08), Tennessee (2009) and USC (2010-13), none of which ended particularly well.