When Ole Miss turned its focus to Lane Kiffin to be its next football coach, there was considerable relief in Arkansas.
That took Kiffin off University of Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek’s wish list.
Three years ago when Alabama’s Nick Saban made it clear Kiffin would not be welcomed back, Kiffin had two schools interested in hiring him: Houston, where Yurachek was the AD, and Florida Atlantic.
A Houston board of regents member later would say Kiffin never really was close to being hired.
So Kiffin went to Boca Raton, Fla., sans his wife and children, who had relocated to California after a divorce.