Monte Kiffin

[huskers1]

Reported on rivals that Monte Kiffin will officially be running the defense at Tennessee

[dbetz23]

Nothing to do with Husker football.

[Huskers Forever]

This should go under former Huskers

[killer cacti]

No real surprise there.

[CENTEXHUSKER]

Citizens arrest

[hack]

big news for tennesse, tho the above poster are correct: this should go into former huskers.

[TMul]

For the coaching circles, this is exactly like the "Trust Fund Baby" syndrome where the son is inherited the family company and the father knows full well that he can't get it done by himself and decides to come on over to help him out. Very interesting. It will be even more interesting if somehow Monte's scheme's don't translate well for UT and opposing SEC teams light the Vols defense up.

[DJR313]

For the coaching circles, this is exactly like the "Trust Fund Baby" syndrome where the son is inherited the family company and the father knows full well that he can't get it done by himself and decides to come on over to help him out. Very interesting. It will be even more interesting if somehow Monte's scheme's don't translate well for UT and opposing SEC teams light the Vols defense up.

 

Or it could be that maybe he would like the opportunity to work with his son before he retires. I doubt Monte will have problems adapting his system to UT. Many many colleges use the Tampa 2 system already, and Tennessee has a bunch of athletes to come in and play.

 

And to beat the dead horse, not Husker football related. I would move this thread if I could.

[newenglandhusker]

For the coaching circles, this is exactly like the "Trust Fund Baby" syndrome where the son is inherited the family company and the father knows full well that he can't get it done by himself and decides to come on over to help him out. Very interesting. It will be even more interesting if somehow Monte's scheme's don't translate well for UT and opposing SEC teams light the Vols defense up.

Or it could be that maybe he would like the opportunity to work with his son before he retires. I doubt Monte will have problems adapting his system to UT. Many many colleges use the Tampa 2 system already, and Tennessee has a bunch of athletes to come in and play.

 

For all practical purposes, Monte Kiffin invented defense...

[WVhuskerXX]

It will be fun to watch Monte's Defenses against the likes of Florida and Alabama

[HUSKER 37]

Nothing to do with Husker football.

This should go under former Huskers

Citizens arrest

And to beat the dead horse, not Husker football related. I would move this thread if I could.

big news for tennesse, tho the above poster(s) are correct: this should go into former huskers.

 

Jebus!!

 

OCD anyone?

..So many Librarians..So few Coloring books.

 

Actually, I'm glad it was innitially posted here..I might not have ever seen it in "Former Huskers"..Then maybe seen it later in the Gator forum's ONE Sports section and posted it here thinking it was new news.

[Street Novelist]

gee, I wasn't aware Monte Kiffin played football for NU?!!!!!!

[HUSKER 37]

gee, I wasn't aware Monte Kiffin played football for NU?!!!!!!

 

In case you were serious.

 

Slightly before I was born, but...

A native of Lexington, Nebraska, Kiffin was that state’s High School Athlete of the Year in 1958.

 

Kiffin began his coaching career at Nebraska, where he worked from 1966-1976 under both Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne. Kiffin helped command a Cornhuskers defense that led Nebraska to consecutive national championships in 1970-1971. When Osborne became Nebraska’s head coach in 1973, he named Kiffin as his defensive coordinator.

 

As a player, Kiffin was both an offensive and defensive tackle at Nebraska from 1959-1963. Following graduation, he sat out the 1964 season because of a knee injury before playing defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League in 1965.

 

 

 

Monte Kiffin

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Monte Kiffin

Date of birth February 29, 1940 (1940-02-29) (age 68)

Place of birth Lexington, Nebraska

Position(s) defensive coordinator

College University of Nebraska

Regular season N/A

Postseason N/A

Career record N/A

Championships

won Super Bowl XXXVII champions

Stats

Coaching stats Pro Football Reference

Team(s) as a coach/administrator

1966-1972

 

1973-1976

 

1977-1978

 

1979

 

1980-1982

 

1983

 

1984-1985

 

1986-1989

 

1990

 

1991

 

1992-1994

 

1995

 

1996-2008

 

2009- present University of Nebraska

(assistant)

University of Nebraska

(defensive coordinator)

University of Arkansas

(defensive coordinator)

University of Arkansas

(assistant head coach)

North Carolina State

(head coach)

Green Bay Packers

(linebackers coach)

Buffalo Bills

(linebackers coach)

Minnesota Vikings

(linebackers coach)

New York Jets

(linebackers coach)

Minnesota Vikings

(defensive coordinator)

Minnesota Vikings

(linebackers coach)

New Orleans Saints

(defensive coordinator)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

(defensive coordinator)

University of Tennessee

(defensive coordinator)

Monte Kiffin (born February 29, 1940 in Lexington, Nebraska) is an American football coach in the NFL. He currently serves as defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kiffin is widely considered to be one of the best defensive minds in the NFL, and an elite defensive coordinator. His defensive philosophy is one of the most influential in modern college and pro football. His son Lane Kiffin was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 2007-2008, and was recently named the head coach at University of Tennessee. Monte Kiffin told his team on Wednesday December 10th that this would be his last season with the Buccaneers. Kiffin will join his son Lane and work as the Defensive Coordinator at the University of Tennessee.

 

 

[edit] Early years

Monte Kiffin is a native of Lexington, Nebraska. From 1959-1963, Kiffin was offensive and never defensive at the University of Nebraska. After a brief stint as a defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Kiffin returned to Nebraska as a defensive coach. In 1977, he moved to the University of Arkansas, and then in 1980, he got his one and only head coaching job at North Carolina State.

 

He then began a series of short stints in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings (twice), New York Jets, and New Orleans Saints. In 1996, he became the defensive coordinator for the Bucs.

 

After Tony Dungy was dismissed by the Buccaneer front office following the 2001 season, Kiffin was persuaded by incoming head coach Jon Gruden to remain in Tampa and continue to run his defense. Kiffin had been interviewed for a head coaching position with the San Francisco 49ers. With the seamless transition on defense allowing the new coaching staff to focus intently on a more potent offensive philosophy, the result was an immediate balance between offense and defense that carried the Buccaneers to the organization's first championship in Super Bowl XXXVII on January 26, 2003 in San Diego, California.

 

 

[edit] Defensive philosophy

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Monte Kiffin is the mastermind behind the Tampa 2 scheme, which is a slight modification of Tony Dungy's Cover 2. His defensive philosophy has several hallmarks.

 

Speed over size and strength. Coordinators that employ Kiffin-style defenses will often replace linebackers with safeties and linemen with linebackers in order to put more speed on the field, an approach known as spinning down. In particular, linebackers must be able to cover receivers; in the Tampa 2 scheme, one linebacker frequently drops back deep into coverage, turning what looks like a Cover 2 defense into a Cover 3. Kiffin's defenses also employ large but quick defensive/nose tackles as run-stoppers.

Preventing scores over preventing yardage. A Kiffin coordinator doesn't care how many yards an offense gains, as long as the team doesn't score, an approach known as bend-but-don't-break.

Multiple defenses from one look. Kiffin-style defenses try to use the same personnel (or the same kind of personnel) at all times, so that the offense cannot adjust its play call based on the alignment of the defensive personnel.

Attacking and causing turnovers. Kiffin-style defenses focus on getting the ball away from the offense by stripping the ball away from the ball carrier or reading the quarterback to make an interception. The risk is that if the ball is not stripped or intercepted, then the ball carrier on offense has a better chance of gaining more yards or scoring; the reward is that the offensive drive is stopped without a score more often, frequently giving good field position.

[Street Novelist]

wow! I had no idea!

[hack]

it all comes back to nebraska.

• monte kiffin plays at nebraska and eventually became an assistant.
  
• monte leaves nebraska for arkansas, becomes a mentor for a young pete carroll.
  
• pete carroll goes on to have varying success in the college and professional football, eventually mentoring a young bo pelini who follows carroll from San Fran to New England.
  
• after craig bohl is dismissed from nebraska, frank solich calls long-time friend monte kiffin for suggestion on who would make a good defensive coordinator.
  
• kiffin goes to carroll for recommendations; carroll say bo is the man bringing pelini to nebraska.
  

the rest, as they say, is history.