Lane Kiffins sordid Alabama past re-emerges before LSU debut: Keep him away from the sorority girls
Lane Kiffin’s booze-filled past during his three seasons on Nick Saban’s staff in Alabama is making waves before his LSU head coaching debut, when the Tigers host Clemson in Baton Rouge on Saturday.Vanity Fair published an excerpt Wednesday from the John Talty book, “Lane Being Lane: The Story of Lane Kiffin, College Football’s Agent of Chaos,” which details Kiffin’s rocky transition from Alabama to FAU in 2016 — and his alleged risqué behavior at Tuscaloosa-area bars.On at least one occasion, an Alabama staffer had to go to Innisfree Irish Pub to retrieve a golf cart Kiffin had left there the night before.
“[Innisfree co-owner Derick] Purdy would call me and say, your boy Lane’s back in here asking where the hotties are.‘Can you introduce me to hotties?’” former LSU QB and Alabama assistant coach Josh Booty said.The book claims Saban had a member of his staff warn Kiffin to stay away from college students and sorority girls after his wife, Terry Saban, had heard through friends that Kiffin — then living separately from his wife Layla and their children, who were in California — was out and about on the town trying to pick up women.“You’ve got to keep Lane away from the girls that are in college,” Saban said, according to one former coach.
“Just keep him away from the sorority girls.Make sure they’ve graduated college or are working a job.”In 2015, rumors swirled of Kiffin being fired by Alabama for an affair, and TMZ reported at the time that the matter set Saban off.The book also states that Kiffin’s off-field antics fueled a disconnect between him and Saban, and stunted his growth for opportunities.Kiffin announced the couple’s divorce in February 2016, telling Fox Sports at the time that their split was a mutual decision, and co-parenting their three kids was their priority.Layla officially filed for divorce a month later, citing irreconcilable differences.
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