RENTON, Wash. -- When Monte Kiffin ran into Lou Holtz this summer, they talked about their 1977 season as coaches at the University of Arkansas. And they reminisced on memories of a wide-eyed, high-energy, 25-year-old graduate assistant named Pete Carroll.
"We interviewed him. He did a good job with myself and Coach Holtz, so we hired him," said Kiffin, who was head coach Lou Holtz's defensive coordinator at the time.
"Then about a month later or so, [Holtz] said, 'Who’s that young guy in the back of the room?' Now, Pete was 25 at the time. He looked like he was 18.