In Lane Kiffin’s first year at Ole Miss, their defense was a total train wreck. Like, 118th in the country, giving up 38 points per game. You might remember that crazy 2020 game where Alabama scored on every single possession against the Rebels an only won by two scores.
Well the last two seasons, Kiffin turned them into a more average defense. Not bad, but not good either. Well, in January, Alabama’s own defensive coordinator, Pete Golding jumped ship to join Kiffin at Ole Miss, and the Reb’s former defensive coordinator, Chris Partridge, wound up at Michigan as a linebackers coach.