SEC head coach reveals the change that Ole Miss HC Lane Kiffin has brought to spring SEC meetings
For years, the SEC spring meetings in Destin were a business casual affair. Khaki pants and polo shirts were the uniform of choice for most coaches, though not because there's a strict dress code. In a conference as tradition rich as the SEC, coaches often just follow the lead of those that came before them. […]
For years, the SEC spring meetings in Destin were a business casual affair.
Khaki pants and polo shirts were the uniform of choice for most coaches, though not because there's a strict dress code. In a conference as tradition rich as the SEC, coaches often just follow the lead of those that came before them.
Except for Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, one of the conference's elder statesmen as he enters his fifth season as the Rebels' head coach (Kiffin's roots in the SEC date back to late 2008 when he replaced Phillip Fulmer as the head coach of the Tennessee Vols).
According to Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz, Kiffin helped usher in a new era of wardrobe choices at the SEC head coach meetings thanks to his propensity for showing up like he had just left a "hot yoga" class.
"Lane has revolutionized the style of the coaches in the SEC," said Drinkwitz on the College GameDay Podcast this week. "Before, it was pretty much pants [and] polo. Lane looks like he's either coming from a hot yoga class or he's fixing to go fishing when he's down at Destin. And I respect all of it."
"So now you've got Coach (Mike) Elko showed up in shorts. Brian Kelly showed up in shorts. I'm like well, all hell's broke loose with the decorum of the SEC head coaches."
Kiffin seems to be at home in Oxford. And it's easy to see how it could be the final stop in his coaching career — there aren't many places better to be a head coach at than a tradition rich program like Ole Miss. But while Kiffin might be at home in Mississippi, he still carries those SoCal vibes with him everywhere he goes.
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