Pete Golding fits at Ole Miss, something Lane Kiffin could never pull off | Opinion

They’re not exactly buddies, so maybe we should start there.

Pete Golding didn’t know Lane Kiffin before he left Nick Saban and Alabama and took the defensive coordinator job at Ole Miss. Kiffin needed a DC, and Golding loved everything about Ole Miss.

The town, the campus, the people, the vibe. All of it.

The job was secondary. Two kids under the age of 10, and seven family moves already under his jobs belt since 2006, and Ole Miss may just be the last damn stop.

“I came here for this place (not Kiffin),” Golding said earlier this spring. “I absolutely believed this could be the last move.”

Unless they eventually run him out like every other school and every other coach.

Make no mistake, it’s a brutal business of winning and leverage, of moving up and cashing in, or falling down and cashing out. Of statement games and defining moments.

Of shining or wilting, and breaking out or breaking down. It takes tread off the coaching tires, and years off your body.

The LSU vs. Ole Miss bonanza Saturday night is but one of many big games.

“Look at me, I’ve got gray hair,” said Golding, who just turned…

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