Lane Kiffin
Head Coach
Hometown: Bloomington, Minnesota
College: Fresno State (Quarterback)
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Tennessee (Head Coach)
- 2007-08 Oakland Raiders (Head Coach)
- 2005-06 USC (Offensive Coordinator, Wide Receivers and Recruiting Coordinator)
- 2004 USC (Passing Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers)
- 2002-03 USC (Wide Receivers)
- 2001 USC (Tight Ends)
- 2000 Jacksonville Jaguars (Quality Control Assistant)
- 1999 Colorado State (Graduate Assistant-Offensive Line)
- 1997-98 Fresno State (Student Assistant)
Monte Kiffin
Assistant Head Coach
Recruiting Responsibility: Florida?
Hometown: Lexington, Nebraska
College: Nebraska
Playing Experience: 1965 Winnepeg Blue Bombers
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Tennessee (Defensive Coordinator)
- 1996-2008 Tampa Bay Bucanneers (Defensive Coordinator)
- 1995 New Orleans Saints (Defensive Coordinator)
- 1992-94 Minnesota Vikings (Linebackers)
- 1991 Minnesota Vikings (Defensive Coordinator)
- 1990 New York Jets (Linebackers)
- 1986-89 Minnesota Vikings (Linebackers)
- 1984-85 Buffalo Bills (Linebackers)
- 1983 Green Bay Packers (Linebackers)
- 1980-82 North Carolina State (Head Coach)
- 1977-79 Arkansas (Defensive Coordinator)
- 1973-76 Nebraska (Defensive Coordinator)
- 1966-72 Nebraska (Assistant)
John Baxter
Associate Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator
Recruiting Responsibility: ?
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
College: Loras College
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Fresno State (Associate Head Coach, Tight Ends, Special Teams)
- 2002-08 Fresno State (Assistant Head Coach, Wide Receivers, Special Teams)
- 1997-2001 Fresno State (Assistant Head Coach, Tight Ends, Special Teams)
- 1994-96 Tulane (Special Teams Cocah)
- 1992-93 Maryland (Special Teams Cocah)
- 1990-91 Arizona (Assistant Coach)
- 1989 Maine (Assistant Coach)
- 1988 Arizona (Assistant Coach)
- 1986-87 Iowa State (Assistant Coach)
Ed Orgeron
Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line Coach, and Recruiting Coordinator
Recruiting Responsibility: Orange County, South
Hometown: Galliano, Louisiana
College: Northwestern State (Louisiana)
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Tennessee (Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Line Coach, Recruiting Coordinator)
- 2008 New Orleans Saints (Defensive Line)
- 2005-07 Mississippi (Head Coach)
- 2003-04 USC (Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Line, Recruiting Coordinator)
- 2001-02 USC (Defensive Line and Recruiting Coordinator)
- 1998-2000 USC (Defensive Line)
- 1995-97 Syracuse (Defensive Line)
- 1994 Nichols State (Linebackers)
- 1989-92 Miami (Defensive Line)
- 1986-87 Arkansas (Assistant Strength Coach)
- 1985 NcNeese State (Graduate Assistant)
- 1984 Northwestern State (Graduate Assistant)
Kennedy Pola
Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs Coach
Recruiting Responsibility: ?
Hometown: Pago Pago, American Somoa
College: USC (Fullback)
Coaching Experience:
- 2005-09 Jacksonville Jaguars (Running Backs)
- 2004 Cleveland Browns (Running Backs)
- 2000-03 USC (Running Backs, Special Teams)
- 1999 San Diego State (Linebackers)
- 1997-98 Colorado (Running Backs)
- 1994-96 San Diego State (Running Backs, Special Teams)
- 1992-93 UCLA (Graduate Assistant)
John Morton
Passing Game Coordinator, Wide Receivers Coach and Tight Ends Coach
Recruiting Responsibility: San Diego?
Hometown: Auburn Hills, Michigan
College: Western Michigan (Wide Receiver)
CFL Career: 3 years
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 USC (Offensive Coordinator and Wide Receivers)
- 2007-08 USC (Passing Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers)
- 2006 New Orleans Saints (Offensive Assistant)
- 2005 San Diego (Passing Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers)
- 2002-04 Oakland Raiders (Tight Ends, Senior Offensive Assistant)
Joe Barry
Linebackers Coach
Recruiting Responsibility: ?
Hometown: Boulder, Colorado
College: USC (Linebacker)
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Linebackers)
- 2007-08 Detroit Lions (Defensive Coordinator)
- 2001-06 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Linebackers)
- 2000 San Francisco 49ers (Assistant Coach)
- 1999 UNLV (Linebackers)
- 1996-98 Northern Arizona (Linebackers/Defensive Ends)
- 1994-95 USC (Graduate Assistant)
James Cregg
Offensive Line Coach
Recruiting Responsibility: Inland Empire
Hometown: Norco, California
College: Colorado State (Offensive Lineman)
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Tennessee (Offensive Line)
- 2007-08 Oakland Raiders (Offensive Line)
- 2004-06 Idaho (Defensive Line)
- 2000-03 Colgate (Defensive Line)
- 1997-99 Colorado State (Graduate Assistant)
Willie Mack Garza
Secondary Coach
Recruiting Responsibility: Texas
Hometown: Refugio, Texas
College: Texas (Defensive Back)
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Tennessee (Defensive Backs)
- 2005-08 North Dakota State (Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs)
- 2004 Tarleton State (Defensive Backs)
- 2001-03 TCU (Cornerbacks)
- 1997-2000 Western Michigan (Defensive Backs)
- 1994-96 Texas (Graduate Assistant)
Clay Helton
Quarterbacks Coach
Recruiting Responsibility: San Fernando Valley? Northen California?
Hometown: Sugarland, Texas
College: Houston (Quarterback)
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Arkansas State (Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks)
- 2007-09 Memphis (Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, and Quarterbacks)
- 2003-06 Memphis (Wide Receivers)
- 2000-02 Memphis (Running Backs)
- 1997-99 Houston (Running Backs)
- 1996 Duke (Running Backs)
- 1995 Duke (Graduate Assistant)
Aaron Ausmus
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Hometown: Jacksboro, Tennessee
College: Tennesseee (1997 NCAA Indoor Shot Put Champion, Two-Time All-American)
Coaching Experience:
- 2009 Tennessee (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach)
- 2008 North Texas (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach)
- 2005-07 Ole Miss (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach)
- 2004 Idaho (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach)
- 2001-04 USC (Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach)
- 2000 Tennessee (Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach)
- 1998-99 Tennessee (Graduate Assistant-Strength and Conditioning)
Keary Colbert
Graduate Assistant Coach (Tight Ends)
Hometown: Oxnard, California
College: USC (Wide Receiver)
NFL Career: 5 Years
- 2008 Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions
- 2004-07 Carolina Panthers
Sammy Knight
Graduate Assistant Coach (Safeties)
Hometown: Riverside, California
College: USC (Safety)
NFL Career: 12 Years
- 2008 New York Giants
- 2007 Jacksonville Jaguars
- 2005-06 Kansas City Cheifs
- 2003-04 Miami Dolphins
- 1997-2002 New Orleans Saints (2002 Pro Bowl)
