Social media reactions to the death of legendary defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin
Monte Kiffin died Thursday, the Ole Miss football program announced.
Monte Kiffin – the father of Rebels football coach Lane Kiffin – was a longtime college and NFL coach. Kiffin, who was 84 at the time of his death, began coaching at his alma mater in Nebraska in 1966. Monte Kiffin is considered one of the better defensive players in football and became famous for the “Tampa 2” defense. During his career he worked for seven universities and seven NFL organizations.
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The elder Kiffin was the defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who won Super Bowl XXXVII. The Bucs allowed just 12.3 points per game, the best in the NFL. Monte Kiffin was inducted into the Tampa Bay Ring of Honor in 2021.
He joined Lane’s staff at Tennessee and then worked as an analyst for his son’s teams at USC, FAU and Ole Miss.
Here are social media reactions to Monte Kiffin’s death on Thursday:
Social media reactions to the death of Monte Kiffin
A statement from the Buccaneers said, among other things:
“A key architect of the famed ‘Tampa 2’ defensive system, Kiffin worked under head coaches Tony Dungy (1996-2001) and Jon Gruden (2002-08). During his tenure, Kiffin’s defensive units were consistently among the best in the NFL, finishing in the top 10 in yards allowed 11 times and in points allowed 12 times. During his tenure as defensive coordinator, Tampa Bay’s defense led the league in points allowed per game (17.5), ranked second in takeaways (293) and yards allowed per game (286.8), third in interceptions (249) and 10th in total sacks (503).”
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