Monte Kiffin - Football Coach - Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Monte Kiffin

Title:
Defensive Analyst/Pro Liaison

At FAU
Monte Kiffin, a defensive mastermind who has coached football for more than 50 years, including 20 among the college ranks, comes to Florida Atlantic as a defensive analyst and pro liaison. He will lend his experience and expertise to a program that has been playing college football at the FBS level for less than 10 years. He also brings two NCAA National Championship titles and a Super Bowl crown to the Owls.

Professional Coaching Experience
Kiffin, who was most recently with the Jacksonville Jaguars and prior to that the Dallas Cowboys also spent 26 seasons in the National Football League, 13 of which were with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. One of the longest-tenured defensive coordinators in the NFL, and the developer of the Tampa Cover Two defense, Kiffin is generally considered as one of the modern era’s best defensive minds. He was a catalyst for Tampa Bay’s 2002 Super Bowl Championship and coached units that ranked among the NFL’s top 10 in both total defense and points allowed in 11 of his 13 seasons with the Buccaneers.

His Super Bowl champion unit became the first since the 1985 Chicago Bears to lead the league in total defense (252.8 ypg), fewest points allowed (196) and total interceptions (31). Kiffin's crew continued its impressive play in the 2002 postseason, allowing just 16 points in victories over San Francisco and Philadelphia, before turning it up a notch in Super Bowl XXXVII. During the Buccaneers' 48-21 win over Oakland, Tampa Bay recorded a Super Bowl-record five interceptions, including three picks that were returned for touchdowns (also a Super Bowl record). Kiffin's charges added five sacks and allowed only 19 total rushing yards in capping one of the most dominating defensive performances in Super Bowl history.

Collegiate Coaching Experience
In 2009, Kiffin returned to the collegiate ranks at Tennessee where son Lane served as Head Coach. The Volunteers finished the regular-season with a 7-5 record and a berth in the Chick-fil-A Bowl where they fell 37-14 to Virginia Tech. In his lone season at Tennessee, the Vols were No. 12 nationally in both pass defense and pass efficiency defense and 22nd in total defense. The Kiffin duo would join forces once again at USC where Monte served as the defensive coordinator to the storied Trojans. The USC defense was ranked in the nation’s top 20, and in 2011, the Trojans held eight of 12 opponents to 17 points or less.

He gained his first coaching experience at Nebraska, following his Cornhusker playing career, under the direction of the legendary Dr. Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney. He has had collegiate coaching stints in the ACC, Big 10, Southwest, and Pac-12. Within the NFL, he coached for the New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Personal
Birthday: Feb. 29, 1940
Family: Wife, Robin; Sons, Lane, and Chris; Daughter, Heidi
High School: Lexington (Neb.) HS
Education: Bachelor's degree, physical education, Nebraska, 1963
Playing Experience: Lexington (Neb.) HS; Nebraska, tackle, 1959-63; Winnipeg Blue Bombers, defensive end, 1965

Monte Kiffin File

Year	Team	Position	Bowl
1966	Nebraska	Graduate Assistant	--
1967	Nebraska	Graduate Assistant	--
1968	Nebraska	Graduate Assistant	--
1969	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Sun
1970	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Orange
1971	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Orange
1972	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Orange
1973	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Cotton
1974	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Sugar
1975	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Fiesta
1976	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator	Bluebonnet
1977	Arkansas	Defensive Coordinator	Orange
1978	Arkansas	Defensive Coordinator	Fiesta
1979	Arkansas	Assistant HC/Defensive Coordinator	Sugar
1980	North Carolina State	Head Coach	6-5
1981	North Carolina State	Head Coach	4-7
1982	North Carolina State	Head Coach	6-5
1983	Green Bay Packers	Linebackers	--
1984	Buffalo Bills	Linebackers	--
1985	Buffalo Bills	Linebackers	--
1987	Minnesota Vikings	Linebackers	NFC playoffs
1988	Minnesota Vikings	Linebackers	NFC playoffs
1989	Minnesota Vikings	Linebackers	NFC playoffs
1990	New York Jets	Linebackers	--
1991	Minnesota Vikings	Defensive Coordinator	--
1992	Minnesota Vikings	Inside Linebackers	NFC playoffs
1993	Minnesota Vikings	Inside Linebackers	NFC playoffs
1994	Minnesota Vikings	Inside Linebackers	NFC playoffs
1995	New Orleans Saints	Defensive Coordinator	--
1996	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	--
1997	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	NFC playoffs
1998	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	--
1999	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	NFC playoffs
2000	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	NFC playoffs
2001	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	NFC playoffs
2002	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	Super Bowl
2003	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	--
2004	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	--
2005	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	NFC playoffs
2006	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	--
2007	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	NFC playoffs
2008	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Defensive Coordinator	--
2009	Tennessee	Defensive Coordinator	Chick-Fil-A
2010	USC	Defensive Coordinator	--
2011	USC	Defensive Coordinator	--
2012	USC	Defensive Coordinator	--
2013	Dallas Cowboys	Defensive Coordinator	--
2014	Dallas Cowboys	Defense Assistant	--
2016	Jacksonville Jaguars	Defensive Assistant	--
2017	Florida Atlantic	Defensive Analyst/Pro Liaison