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Only Howard Jones in 1925 and John Robinson in 1976 (who won 11 games) won more games in their Trojan coaching debut than Lane Kiffin. Will Kiffin also win national titles like they did?
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Only Howard Jones in 1925 and John Robinson in 1976 (who won 11 games) won more games in their Trojan coaching debut than Lane Kiffin. Will Kiffin also win national titles like they did?
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Kiffin will never win a national title at USC.
I'll guarantee that.
I'll also guarantee that Bruin Rob is a pathetic dork troll loser and whatever else negative superlative you can think of.
Looking forward to the appeals hearing...
There's a difference between "won more games" and "had better records." Ignoring coaches who only coached for one or two seasons, I count seven coaches who did better than Kiffin, two who did as well, and only five who did worse.
Better:
Harvey Holmes 6-1 1904
Dean Cromwell 3-1-2 1909
Gus Henderson 4-1 1919
Howard Jones 11-2 1925
Jess Hill 7-3 1951
John Robinson 11-1 1976
Larry Smith 8-4 1987
As well:
John Robinson 8-5 1993
Paul Hackett 8-5 1998
Worse:
Newell Cravath 5-5-1 1942
Don Clark 1-9 1957
John McKay 4-6 1960
Ted Tollner 4-6-1 1983
Pete Carroll 6-6 2001
Given how well Robinson II and Hackett turned out after starting with records identical to Kiffin's 8-5, I'm not optimistic.