In a Jan. 12, 2010, photograph, Lane Kiffin waits to announce his resignation as coach of the University of Tennessee football team. Kiffin took the coaching job at Southern California after just one season at Tennessee. 1125 Kclo Football 06
There are a number of reasons Tennessee football has fallen off the map since firing Phillip Fulmer in 2008, but one that has always stood out was what his successor, Lane Kiffin, did barely over a year later. Kiffin bolted the Vols for the USC Trojans after just one year.
UT was set back significantly because of that not just due to the failed hires that followed but due to what happened to the roster.