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Alabama has hired Lane Kiffin as the Tide's new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN.com.
The two sides have agreed to a deal and a contract is in the process of being completed, sources said.
Kiffin was fired as
USC's head coach in late September after a 62-41 loss at Arizona State. He registered a 28-15 record with the Trojans following a one-year stint at
Tennessee, where he was 7-6.
The 38-year-old Kiffin visited with Alabama coach Nick Saban before the Allstate Sugar Bowl "to share ideas and exchange ideas ... [for] professional development," Saban said at the time.
"Lane is a really good offensive coach, and I've always had a tremendous amount of respect for him," Saban said then. "Just to come in and brainstorm a little bit to get some professional ideas with our guys is a really positive thing."
Doug Nussmeier left Alabama on Thursday to become offensive coordinator on Brady Hoke's staff at
Michigan.