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Lane Kiffin warns he's not ready to let Love go
Lane Kiffin warns he's not ready to let Love go
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Wilson Love, left, and Lane Kiffin.
Dominoes are falling the world of college football strength and conditioning after it was announced Monday that renowned weight room boss Scott Cochran was leaving Alabama to join Kirby Smart's staff at Georgia in an on-the-field position.
Some have speculated that Ole Miss strength and conditioning coach Wilson Love could be a guy Nick Saban approaches about filling the now vacant position on his staff.
SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic listed Love, along with LSU's Vic Vilora, Oregons' Aaron Field and former USC assistant Jeff Dillman, among guys to keep an eye on for the job on Monday via Twitter.
Cole Cubelic✔
@colecubelic
Names I would keep an eye on for the @AlabamaFTBL Strength & Conditioning job:
Wilson Love- Ole Miss
Vic Viloria- LSU
Aaron Feld- Oregon
Jeff Dillman- most recently UofSC
255 10:07 PM - Feb 24, 2020 · Homewood, AL
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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, though, fired back at Cubelic Tuesday morning with a tweet of his own, indicating it's hands-off his strength and conditioning coach for the Crimson Tide.
"Get Love off that list!," Kiffin tweeted.
Cole Cubelic ✔
@colecubelic
· Feb 24, 2020
Names I would keep an eye on for the @AlabamaFTBL Strength & Conditioning job:
Wilson Love- Ole Miss
Vic Viloria- LSU
Aaron Feld- Oregon
Jeff Dillman- most recently UofSC
Lane Kiffin✔
@Lane_Kiffin
Get Love off that list!!
888 10:09 AM - Feb 25, 2020 · Oxford, MS
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Love was the first staff member to join Kiffin at Ole Miss when he was hired to replace Matt Luke in December, following Kiffin to Oxford where he served as his strength and conditioning coach at Florida Atlantic.
Kiffin knows the value of a great strength and conditioning coach, as he worked alongside Cochran on Saban's Alabama staff from 2014-2016.
"Scott's one of the most energetic coaches I have worked with," Kiffin said of Coach ran via a release from Georgia. "He developed great relationships with our players while I was at Alabama. I know that he will be successful as he moves on the field with Kirby at Georgia and I believe will be a head coach one day."
More on Wilson Love: Wilson Love was announced as Ole Miss’ head football strength and conditioning coach on Dec. 12, 2019 after spending the last three seasons in the same capacity at FAU, where he was part of two Conference USA championships.
Love came to FAU after serving two seasons, 2015 and 2016, as an assistant football strength and conditioning coach at Alabama, where he also worked with Kiffin. The Tide captured the NCAA National Championship in 2015 and played for the title in 2016.
Love's first season as a strength and conditioning coach provided him the opportunity to work with Ryan Kelly, a 2016 first round draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts, and second rounders Jarran Reed, who was taken by Seattle, and Detroit Lions defensive end A'Shawn Robinson.
Prior to his position as a strength and conditioning coach, Love served one year as a defensive graduate assistant (2014). The one-year stint provided the Alabama native the opportunity to work with the Tide's defensive line while being mentored by head coach Nick Saban and defensive coordinator Kirby Smart. The 2014 season, his first as a coach, Alabama captured the SEC Championship.
Love, who is a 2013 graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in Commerce and Business Administration, was a three-time All-SEC Academic selection. The defensive end was a 2010 Alabama signee from Mountain Brook High School. In total, Love has been a part of four SEC Championships (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), five SEC Divisional Championships (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) and three National Championships (2011, 2012, and 2015) teams as a player, graduate assistant or as strength and conditioning coach.
SOURCE: Johnson, David. "Lane Kiffin warns he's not ready to let Love go." OMSpirit - 247Sports.com, 25 February 2020,
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