An oral history of Lane Kiffin's firing on the tarmac 10 years ago

By David Hale, ESPN: For as long as there’s been college football, coaches have been getting fired. The annual discussions about who’s on the hot seat is as much a part of the game as a depth chart. But in the history of the sport — perhaps the history of employment — only one man’s termination is universally recalled with just a single word: “Tarmac.”

It’s been 10 years since Lane Kiffin was fired as USC‘s coach, supposedly on the tarmac at LAX. The truth of what happened in the early-morning hours of Sept. 29, 2013, is, like so many things with Kiffin, a bit more complicated.

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Lane Kiffin, an airport tarmac and the long-term impact of college football's most memorable firing

Ten years ago, Lane Kiffin got off an airplane and was fired in the most memorable way in college football history. Here's what really happened that night, and how it changed everything for Kiffin.

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