The reactions to Lane Kiffin accepting Florida Atlantic's coaching job Monday ranged from ridicule to surprise to amusement.
It's not often than a man who led two college football bluebloods (USC and Tennessee) and a storied NFL franchise (the Oakland Raiders), and who occupies one of the premier coordinator positions in the college game at Alabama, would take a job at a program that didn't exist before 2001. Why would Kiffin, who at 41 still has plenty of time to reach his coaching goals, drop down so far just to run his own show again?
Here's a look at why Lane Kiffin is headed to FAU, and why he needed to make this move right now.