After one year coaching at Tennessee, almost four at Southern Cal, three at Florida Atlantic and an NFL and assistant coaching job mixed in, Kiffin has officially coached at Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3 SEC) longer than at any other program.

Before Ole Miss‘ Egg Bowl game against Mississippi State (2-9, 0-7) on Friday, Kiffin was asked how he views his current job and if he views the position as an elite one in the SEC.

“I do, for me,” he said. “I’ve been here going on five years. This has become a place I have really grown into . . . I’ve developed so many relationships. And my father’s situation, reflecting on that, I never thought he would have passed here in Oxford, Mississippi.”