Houston is expected to name Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin head coach.
The decision is not official at this time, but here are more details from USA Today:
If Kiffin is named Houston’s coach, he can begin recruiting this weekend before the NCAA’s dead period. Whether he would continue as Alabama’s offensive coordinator through the College Football Playoff is unclear, though former defensive coordinator Kirby Smart did both jobs last year while transitioning to Georgia.
“We’ll make that decision when we have something to make a decision about, and we’ll do what’s best interest for Lane, for our program, our players,” Saban said. “But I think he’ll want to finish the season with us, but I can’t speak to that right now because we haven’t discussed something that is a hypothetical situation to this point.
“I’m sure that the University of Houston will make an announcement about who their coach is when they’re ready to do that. We are very supportive of Lane in terms of him having an opportunity to be a head coach again after the great job that he did for us. Hopefully that or some other opportunity will work out well for him so that he gets the opportunity to be a head coach again.”
BREAKING: Houston has decided on Lane Kiffin, president to OK the hire at a Thursday meeting, @USATODAY has learned https://t.co/DhTeueFIU5
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 8, 2016
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— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) December 8, 2016
