"The life of a football coach is one spent constantly searching for a better pathway. That's why they spend such a significant percentage of their lives sitting in dark rooms, watching the same play over and over again. Searching for an opening. Scanning their opponents for even the tiniest cracks or tells. A constant, never-ending pursuit of anything and everything that will aid their ultimate goal of forward progress."
"For Lane Kiffin, everything is game film. How he works his job, now in his sixth season as head football coach at Ole Miss, in arguably the greatest era of success in the program's 132-year history. How he works on himself, having turned 50 in May and down that many pounds, thanks to a strict diet, a self-imposed alcohol ban and a daily dose of hot yoga."
"He studies it all. Just as diligently as he has studied Saturday's opponent, SEC and Magnolia Bowl rival LSU ( Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). And that study isn't limited to the present day. It also includes his past. Perhaps the most public, polarizing, but also misunderstood past of any football coach of this century. A biography that is much too complicated to be told in mere chapters but rather would require entire volumes."
Lane Kiffin treats every aspect of life and work as game film, studying opponents and self-improvement with equal intensity. He leads Ole Miss in its most successful era in 132 years while preparing for SEC matchups such as LSU. He underwent a personal transformation at age 50, losing significant weight through a strict diet, an alcohol ban and daily hot yoga. He rebuilt family relationships, reconnecting with three children and his ex-wife, and hired his brother as an assistant coach. He also navigated the recent losses of both parents and a complicated, highly public coaching history.
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