University of Arkansas Athletic Director meets with FAU head coach Lane Kiffin amid coaching vacancy

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After the Florida Atlantic University Owls football team defeated the University of Southern Mississippi on Saturday, Nov. 30, 34-17, to advance to the Conference USA Championship against the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday, Dec. 7, head coach Lane Kiffin met with an unexpected visitor.

According to CBS Sports, that visitor was University of Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek, who has been searching for the Razorbacks new football coach since firing former head coach Chad Morris on Nov. 10.

Yurachek, who has been the Razorbacks Athletic Director since December 2o17, which, coincidentally, is the last time FAU played in the C-USA Championship, visited Kiffin and Boca Raton, Fla. on Sunday, Dec. 2 to discuss filling the head coaching vacancy.  Before the visit, Yurachek posted a tweet of a GIF foreshadowing the visit, which can be seen below.

#OneRazorback #Hog1 pic.twitter.com/hPagNrQ9Kl

— Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) December 2, 2019

This season, Morris and the Razorbacks finished in last place of the Southeastern Conference with 2-10 overall record and an 0-8 conference record. In Morris’s less than two seasons as the head coach, he had only won four games with zero coming against SEC opponents.

While Kiffin has not accepted any other head coaching jobs yet, he has continued to receive interest from other universities, such as Florida State University, who fired their head coach, Willie Taggart, on Nov. 2.

Nonetheless, Kiffin’s focus remains on the C-USA Championship game against UAB, in hopes of capturing his second conference championship title in his three seasons at FAU. Kickoff is set for 1:30p.m. at FAU Stadium.

“It’s been a great run so far, [we’ve] won nine of our last 10,” Kiffin said, according to FAU Sports. “Things fell into place for us to not just make the game but have it at home, so we’re excited about that.”