The USC Trojans have fired coach Lane Kiffin not six hours after dropping to 3-2 after a blowout loss to Arizona State. Trojans athletic director Pat Haden broke the news to Kiffin after the team’s charter-flight arrival back in Los Angeles early Sunday morning after the 62-41 loss at Tempe, Ariz., the school said in a statement on its website. Read more after the jump.
USC has lost seven of its past 11 games dating to last year and both of its first two in Pac-12 play this season.
Kiffin’s overall record in four years at USC was 28-15.
Haden will hold a news conference at USC on Sunday afternoon, the school said. The specific time and location of the event was unknown.
The Trojans debuted at No. 24 this preseason before dropping out of The Associated Press Top 25 in the third week.
They had entered the 2012 season No. 1 but finished unranked — the first team in nearly a half-century to accomplish the ignominious feat.
Kiffin’s stay at USC — like many of his other jobs — came with a quick, tumult-laden exit.
Kiffin was an NFL head coach at 31, a head coach in the SEC at 33 and became USC’s head coach at 34.
