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3 Best and 3 Worst Ideas for Next Texas A&M Football Coach

By Graham Harmon

Oct 1, 2022; Starkville, Mississippi, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher walks off the field during halftime of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 1, 2022; Starkville, Mississippi, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher walks off the field during halftime of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /
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Lane Kiffin gives signature "ah-oo-ooh-wa!" squealing noise during a game versus Texas A&M football
Nov 4, 2023; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin reacts after a touchdown during the second half against the Texas A&M Aggies at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports /

Bad Idea for Texas A&M Football: Lane Kiffin

Color me confused as to why this is a name that keeps coming up for this vacancy. Actually, that may be not quite accurate—it seems manifestly evident why this name keeps coming up, and that is because Kiffin, first, clearly wants this job, and second, is represented by Jimmy Sexton. I am personally of the opinion that Kiffin would proverbially saw his own arm off for this position, which is a contributing factor to why he would go so hard at Jimbo—he thought that Fisher was way underachieving and that he could do a far better job. He was envious of the opportunity that Jimbo had and frustrated that a guy he considered beneath him when it comes to coaching acumen was given that opportunity rather than himself. That’s my personal theory, anyway!

That said, Kiffin is not under consideration for this job. I have no inside sources on this, but a man who does have inside sources has said pretty certainly that the powers at A&M are not going to give Kiffin a call here. Kiffin has pretty decisively reached his ceiling, in my opinion. His scheme and philosophy, while they help even the playing field in certain instances, don’t seem to scale well. He’s 9-3 and 10-2 and that’s about as good as he’ll be. He also, by all accounts, doesn’t seem to be the type of personality that would be a good fit here at Texas A&M football, and has apparently made quite a few enemies with some of his rhetoric in the media and behind the scenes—at least, that’s the word on that kind of thing.