Since the ink dried on his contract with Tennessee in Dec. 2008, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has lent his uniquely outsized personality to a sport built by and for such characters.
Sometimes his antics were harmless; sometimes they were uncomfortable or crass. Either way, he fulfilled a fascinating archetype seen more in show business than football: the child of a genius seemingly attempting to perform the work of self-discovery in real time, all while in the public eye.
