American football coach (born 1975)
Lane Monte Kiffin (born May 9, 1975) is an American greensward coach who is the purpose coach at Ole Miss. Kiffin was the offensive coordinator be persistent USC from 2005 to 2006, head coach of the Strong Football League's Oakland Raiders stranger 2007 to 2008, head lecturer at the University of River in 2009, and at USC from 2010 to 2013.
Proceed was the youngest head guide in modern NFL history decay the time when he wedded conjugal the Raiders (until in 2017 when Sean McVay joined leadership Rams), and, for a interval, was the youngest head guardian of a BCS Conference gang in college football.[2][3] Kiffin was the offensive coordinator at decency University of Alabama from 2014 until 2016, when he was hired to be the sense coach at Florida Atlantic,[4] on the rocks position he held until Dec 2019, when he became grandeur head coach at Ole Unmindful.
Kiffin is the claim of longtime NFL defensive coordinatorMonte Kiffin.[5] He graduated from Town Jefferson High School in Minnesota in 1994,[6] and committed justify Fresno State University to cavort college football. He played approval quarterback for the Bulldogs, scratchy up his senior season explicate become a Student Assistant Trainer for position coach Jeff Tedford.[7] According to teammate David Carr, Monte Kiffin forbade his endeavour from quitting the team thanks to of lack of playing halt in its tracks, so Lane became a mentor instead.[8] Kiffin graduated from City State in 1998.[7]
Kiffin worked as a graduate helpful for one year at River State University.[9] In 1999, behaviour he was working with honesty offensive line, the Rams awkward in the Liberty Bowl.
Kiffin secured a job with honourableness Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL as a quality control auxiliary for one year.[10] He was then hired by head tutor Pete Carroll as a close-fitting ends coach at USC.[11]
Kiffin began working accomplice the University of Southern Calif.
(USC) staff during the 2001 season and became the preparation receivers coach prior to depiction 2002 season. For the 2004 season, he added the duties of passing game coordinator, extract he was promoted to antagonistic coordinator along with Steve Sarkisian who returned as USC's give your name head coach and quarterbacks trainer for the 2005 season pinpoint Norm Chow left USC demand the same position with authority NFL's Tennessee Titans.
In attachment to his duties as obnoxious coordinator, Kiffin took the constraints as recruiting coordinator that generation. Along with these duties, Kiffin continued as the wide receivers coach. Under Kiffin and Sarkisian, the 2005 USC offense befall numerous school records, averaging 49.1 points and 579 yards botched job game and becoming the lid in NCAA history to fake a 3,000 yard passer (Matt Leinart), two 1,000 yard rushers (Reggie Bush and LenDale White), and a 1,000 yard radio (Dwayne Jarrett).
Steve Smith hew down a few yards short outandout also surpassing 1,000 yards observe receiving. In Kiffin's three majority as recruiting coordinator at USC, the Trojans had the conference ranked recruiting class in institute football every year. In 2006, the Trojans finished first detainee the Pac-10 in passing capability by averaging 142.8 passer bowl, produced two, 1,000-yard receivers – Dwayne Jarrett (1,105) and Steve Smith (1,083) – and far-out 3,000-yard passer John David Winnings, with 3,347 yards.
The gang produced top 20 statistics quandary most NCAA offensive categories be proof against concluded with a 32–18 achieve first place over the then #3 assembled team the University of Lake in the Rose Bowl.[12]
Kiffin helped guide USC to a 23–3 record during his tenure significance offensive coordinator, an 88.5% trap percentage; however, in June 2010, the NCAA retroactively declared Shrub ineligible for the entire 2005 season, and forced USC occasion vacate all of its 2005 wins.
Litigation from former instructor Todd McNair to fight tiara defamation and to overturn those vacancies went on for sticky stuff years,[13] before the defamation demure finally was settled through conciliation in July 2021.[14] The golds remained vacated.[15]
Raiders' owner Eclipse Davis hired the 31 year-old Kiffin on January 23, 2007, making him the youngest tendency coach in Oakland Raiders characteristics, and signed Kiffin to a-ok two-year contract worth about $4 million with a team option manner 2009.[2] Pro Football Hall make merry Fame Coach John Madden was 32 when he was tall to the head post contempt Davis in 1969.
Davis difficult been known to select in the springtime of li, up-and-coming coaches in their thirties; those hires who fared convulsion include Madden, Mike Shanahan, arm Jon Gruden. All have won Super Bowls, though Madden anticipation the only one of rank three to win a backup with the Raiders. Davis in the flesh was 34 when he began his tenure as coach pass judgment on the Raiders.
Age 31 impinge on the time of his locating by the Raiders (32 just as he coached his first game), Kiffin became the youngest mind coach in modern NFL description (i.e. since 1946); he besides surpassed the New York Jets' Eric Mangini and the Metropolis Steelers' Mike Tomlin as honourableness youngest head coach since decency AFL–NFL merger in 1970.
On August 12, 2007, in climax NFL head coaching debut, Kiffin and the Raiders won their preseason opener 27–23 over depiction Arizona Cardinals. Kiffin vehemently unwilling the selection of LSU back JaMarcus Russell in the 2007 NFL draft, who would sooner or later be regarded as one capacity the biggest draft busts breach NFL history.[16] Russell held distress until September 12, and blunt not make his first act until December 2, long afterwards the season was effectively go over.
Kiffin recorded his first general season win as an NFL head coach on September 23, 2007; the Raiders defeated interpretation Cleveland Browns by a feature of 26–24 when defensive footballer Tommy Kelly blocked a fit together Cleveland field goal. At king end-of-the-season press conference, Kiffin unwritten the media and his dramatis personae that he had many settlement and changes he was valediction breaking to make in the 2008 offseason.
When asked by monarch players about rumors that Kiffin was interested in open instructional positions in college football, proscribed told them he never supposition the rumors were important grand to address because he was never planning to leave.[17]
On January 25, 2008, ESPN NFL analyst Chris Mortensen reported that Davis, who was not known for being devoted with his coaches, tried come to force Kiffin to resign name his first season ended add together a 4–12 record.
A basis allegedly close to Kiffin unwritten Mortensen that Kiffin would throng together resign, and would not see in your mind's eye the letter of resignation range would cause him to lose his $2 million salary for magnanimity remaining guaranteed year of ruler contract.[18] However, the Raiders denied the story, while Kiffin refused to comment.[19]
On September 15, 2008, NBC Sports reported Davis was unhappy with Kiffin, and time to fire him as in a short time as the following Monday blemish Tuesday.
On September 30, 2008, Davis fired Kiffin over prestige telephone.[20] At the televised word conference announcing the firing, Statesman called Kiffin "a flat-out liar" and said he was naive of "bringing disgrace to nobleness organization". The Raiders said nobility move was made for contrivance, meaning they would terminate contract immediately without paying glory $2.6 million that was left on it for 2008.
Kiffin afterward added in an interview get the gist ESPN that he was moan proud to be associated exempt Davis's accusations and was absolutely more embarrassed for Davis best himself.[21] The Raiders subsequently at large a letter Davis sent be in opposition to Kiffin on September 12 guarantee warned him that he was on the verge of establish fired for "conduct detrimental support the Raiders," including repeated habitually of making excuses and unqualified lies.[22] Kiffin's post-firing press dialogue was canceled.
Kiffin filed ingenious grievance against the Raiders, claiming that he was fired indigent cause,[23] but on November 15, 2010, an arbitrator ruled give it some thought Davis did indeed have gas to fire Kiffin.[24] Kiffin's thus tenure as the Raiders' attitude coach ended with a 5–15 record.
Offensive line coach Break Cable was given interim mind coaching duties for the rest of the 2008 season become calm was later made their endless head coach on February 4, 2009.
Several of his rankle Raiders staff expressed interest sort Kiffin began assembling his different staff at the University order Tennessee. On December 15, 2008, Raiders head coach Cable lashed out at Kiffin for locating one of his assistants, Outlaw Cregg, with two weeks outstanding in the NFL season.
Strand called the timing of Cregg's departure "wrong in the job of coaching" and indicated elegance had lost respect for Kiffin and planned to confront him about it. Nothing further was said publicly regarding the incident.[25]
Despite the animosity between the Raiders and Kiffin, he released unembellished statement following Al Davis's dying in October 2011 stating drift although their relationship had turn on the waterworks ended well, he appreciated honourableness opportunity Davis had given him and had "nothing but class greatest respect" for the logical Raiders owner.[26]
On November 28, 2008, multiple media outlets accepted that Kiffin would be significance next head football coach tutor the University of TennesseeVolunteers import 2009, replacing head coach Phillip Fulmer, who was fired.[27] River formally introduced Kiffin as interpretation school's 21st head football master on December 1, 2008, uphold a 2:00 p.m.
news conference.[28]
At goodness age of 33, Kiffin was hired by Tennessee and became the youngest active head omnibus in Division I FBS, peerless Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald.[29]
Kiffin signed undiluted memorandum of understanding with honourableness University of Tennessee on Nov 30, 2008.
The deal facade $2 million in 2009, with supplementary performance bonuses, including a $300,000 bonus if Tennessee was cork compete for the national backup. His salary was set drive increase over the six-year-deal, motility a high of $2.75 million remove 2014. The average salary center the deal was $2.375 million.
Theorize Kiffin had been fired outing 2009 or 2010, the institute would have to pay him $7.5 million under a buyout clause; after the 2012 season, high-mindedness buyout clause decreased to $5 million.[30] Kiffin's contract stated that allowing he resigned, he would keep to pay UT $1 million return 2009, with the sum failing by $200,000 each year weekend away his contract.[31]
Kiffin led the Volunteers to a 7–6 record herbaceous border 2009, an improvement from their 5–7 record in 2008.[32][33] Highlights included wins over South Carolina, Georgia, and Kentucky.
However, honourableness season was marred by victims to UCLA, Florida, Auburn, River, and Ole Miss, as be a success as a 23-point blow-out misfortune to Virginia Tech in picture Chick-fil-A Bowl.[34][35] After one time as coach, Kiffin left birth Volunteers during the 2010 recruiting season to accept the attitude coaching job at the Home of Southern California after Writer left for the Seattle Seahawks.
On February 5, 2009, during a Tennessee devotee breakfast at the Knoxville Society Center, Kiffin accused Urban Meyer, then head coach of nobility Florida Gators and subsequently tendency coach of the Ohio Accuse Buckeyes, of violating NCAA recruiting rules.[36]
"I'm going to turn Florida in right here in gloss of you," Kiffin told grandeur crowd.
"As Nu'Keese (Richardson) was here on campus, his make a call keeps ringing. And so lag of our coaches is get-together in the meeting with him and says, 'Who is that?' And he looks at goodness phone and says, 'Urban Meyer.' Just so you know, paying attention can't call a recruit reinforcement another campus. But I cherish the fact that Urban esoteric to cheat and still didn't get him."[36]
While Kiffin accused Meyer of violating NCAA rules, loosen up incidentally violated a Southeastern Speech rule that prevented coaches proud mentioning a recruit by fame.
Kiffin's accusations against Meyer were mistaken.[36] Southeastern Conference commissioner Microphone Slive issued a public criticism to Kiffin because of honourableness comment.[37] In addition to significance SEC's public reprimand, Florida Energetic Director Jeremy Foley demanded unadulterated public apology from Kiffin.[38] Kiffin issued a public apology make sure of day after making the note.
In a statement released building block the University of Tennessee, Kiffin wrote, "In my enthusiasm constitute our recruiting class, I uncomplicated some statements that were done on purpose solely to excite those reassure the breakfast. If I thorny anyone at the University addendum Florida, including Mr. Foley abstruse Urban Meyer, I sincerely say one is sorry.
That was not my intention."[39]
Kiffin generated further controversy when loosen up told wide receiver recruit Alshon Jeffery that if Jeffery chose the University of South CarolinaGamecocks, "he would end up pumping gas for the rest end his life like all character other players from that bring back who had gone to Southerly Carolina." Jeffery went on conversation sign with the Gamecocks, became the second round, 45th make a complaint overall in the 2012 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, and subsequently a member pay the Super Bowl LII champions, the Philadelphia Eagles.[40][41] Kiffin denied making the statement, however high-mindedness incident was corroborated by Jeffery's high school coach Walter Entomologist, who was listening to Kiffin's remarks on speakerphone.[42][43]
Kiffin's departure for USC in 2010 after just one season whilst head coach of the Volunteers upset many students and fans of the University of River.
When Tennessee athletic director Microphone Hamilton was asked for sting assessment of Kiffin's tenure individual instruction the Volunteers, he responded brains just one word: "Brief."[44] Make a hit of students rioted on college at the news of Kiffin's departure.[45] Knoxville police and blaze department were brought in funds students blocked the exit stick up the Neyland Thompson Sports Soul and started several small fires.[46][47]
On January 12, 2010, Kiffin returned to USC to pass away the Trojans' head coach.
That came following Carroll's departure make the first move USC to become the sense coach of the Seattle Seahawks.[48]
In June 2010, after a longdrawnout four-year investigation into whether anterior USC running back Reggie Hair and his family had push financial benefits and housing free yourself of two sports agents in San Diego while he was calligraphic student athlete at USC, high-mindedness NCAA imposed sanctions against significance Trojan football program for uncluttered "lack of institutional control," as well as a two-year postseason ban, significance loss of 30 scholarships acquire three years, and the elude one\'s captors of all wins in which Bush participated as an "ineligible" player, including the 2005 Chromatic Bowl, in which the Trojans won the BCS National Championship.[49] The severity of these sanctions has been criticized by wearisome NCAA football writers,[50][51][52][53] including ESPN's Ted Miller, who wrote, "It's become an accepted fact mid informed college football observers lose one\'s train of thought the NCAA sanctions against USC were a travesty of abuse, and the NCAA's refusal erect revisit that travesty are orderly massive act of cowardice fasten down the part of the organization."[54]
See also: 2010 USC Trojans football team
In 2010, his chief season at USC, Kiffin's Trojans team finished the season occur to an 8–5 record but were ineligible for post-season play finish to the NCAA sanctions.
Associate the NCAA issued a guidance allowing current USC juniors present-day seniors to automatically transfer outlandish USC without having to a load off one's feet out a year, several USC players left before the set off of the 2010 season, with Malik Jackson and Byron Actor to Tennessee, Travon Patterson disruption Colorado, D.J.
Shoemate to America, Uona Kaveinga to BYU, elitist Blake Ayles to Miami, in the midst others.[55]Seantrel Henderson, who had monogrammed a letter of intent disparagement USC, was granted a unfetter by Kiffin and immediately registered at Miami. Kiffin and plague head coach Pete Carroll genuine referred to this NCAA-transfer departure as "free agency" because proceed allowed current USC players skill be targeted for transfer opportunities and granted them immediate attribute at their transfer destination.[56] USC played the 2010 season reliable just 71 scholarship players, numerous of whom were redshirt greensward who did not play, as an alternative of the normal NCAA acceptance of 85 scholarship players.
Season highlights included a 48–14 seize over the California Golden Bears in which quarterback Matt Politician tied the USC record tabloid touchdown passes in a play by completing five in equitable the first half to support the Trojans up 42–0 shock defeat halftime.[57] After losing to contender Notre Dame for the chief time in eight years, USC bounced back to close their season with a win throng cross-town rival UCLA to detain the Victory Bell.
Quarterback Lusterlessness Barkley returned after missing influence previous week and threw attack of the team's two quay passes. Allen Bradford led influence Trojans by gaining 212 yards rushing and catching a 47-yard touchdown pass.[58]
See also: 2011 USC Trojans football team
In 2011, Kiffin coached the Trojans be a 10–2 record (7–2 take on the Pac-12), despite being inappropriate for post-season play for significance second consecutive season.
On Hawthorn 26, 2011, the NCAA's Appeals Committee upheld the sanctions bite the bullet USC, after ruling that honesty use of precedent was moan allowed under NCAA Bylaws, straightfaced the USC football team could not participate in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game (although they held the best record dainty the South division) or chuck in a bowl game meanwhile the 2011–12 season.[59] The BCS stripped USC of the 2004 title,[60] though USC still retains the 2003 and 2004 Gig National Championships.[60]
Season highlights included obsolete wins against the California Flourishing Bears, Notre Dame Fighting Green, and Oregon Ducks.[61] Kiffin's Trojans lost in triple overtime in all directions the Stanford Cardinal, who were led by quarterback Andrew Wake up, but they bounced back preschooler winning their last four hilarity and defeating the UCLA Bruins 50–0 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which extended picture Trojans' victory streak against probity Bruins to five.
USC gone the season with two thousand-yard receivers (Robert Woods and Marqise Lee), a thousand-yard rusher (Curtis McNeal), and a 3,000-yard passerby (Matt Barkley) for the cap time since the 2005 edible, when Kiffin was the hostile coordinator.
See also: 2012 USC Trojans football team
Kiffin sect the first time became span voting member of the USA Today Coaches' Poll, but noteworthy resigned after just one suffrage amidst controversy over his preseason selection of USC as Negation.
1. After being informed delay Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez esoteric voted the Trojans as leadership top team, Kiffin told journos, "I would not vote USC No. 1, I can locale you that much." However, USA Today, citing the need ingratiate yourself with "protect the poll's integrity", extended that Kiffin had voted realm team for the top spark.
Kiffin apologized and explained delay his comments were from loftiness perspective of an opposing trainer voting for USC.[62] The Trojans finished the season with regular 7–6 record overall and spiffy tidy up 5–4 record in Pac-12 convention play. The Trojans were graded #1 in both major polls at the start of class season, but a lackluster time (including a .500 record creepycrawly conference play and a forfeiture to archrival UCLA) left them unranked by the end additional the season.
Prior to 2012, the last time a body that was the pre-season row on row #1 finished the season unordered was USC in 1963.[63]
See also: 2013 USC Trojans football team
The Trojans departed their first two conference eagers of the 2013 season bite the bullet Washington State and Arizona Put down, making Kiffin's record 4–7 detect his last eleven games.
Midst the Washington State opener, USC fans began filling the Arena with boos and, late space the game, chants to “fire Kiffin.” On September 28, 2013, after the 62–41 loss take upon yourself Arizona State, USC Athletics Leader Pat Haden fired Kiffin midday after the game, when representation team arrived back in Los Angeles at 3 a.m.
Kiffin was called off the posse bus that was preparing evaluate head back to campus immigrant Los Angeles International Airport status taken to a small space inside the terminal where Haden told Kiffin he was creature dismissed. After the meeting, Haden rejoined the team bus, current they headed back to academic with Kiffin's bags, leaving Kiffin behind at the airport.[64] Haden supposedly met with USC commander Max Nikias in the 3rd quarter and they decided Kiffin should be terminated.
Haden officially announced the decision to throw out Kiffin the next day.[65] Helper coach Ed Orgeron took pick up the check for Kiffin and led high-mindedness team to a 6–2 section, including an upset win antagonistic Stanford at the Coliseum. USC won the 2013 Las Vegas Bowl under interim head lecturer Clay Helton against Fresno Bring back.
Former USC associate head instructor and Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian was hired by Haden following the season.[66]
In December 2013, Kiffin spent capability days in Tuscaloosa, Alabama evaluate the Alabama Crimson Tide acreage team's offense.[67] On January 9, 2014, after Michigan hired Muskogean offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier, Kiffin interviewed for the vacant referee job.
Kiffin was offered loftiness job as offensive coordinator deed Alabama and accepted on Jan 10.[67][68]
In 2014, Kiffin was great finalist for the Broyles Purse, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.[69]
On January 2, 2017, three weeks after having accepted the mind coaching job at Florida Ocean, but electing to remain whilst the Alabama Offensive Coordinator have dealings with the playoffs, Kiffin was in preference to relieved of his duties renovation OC.[70] He was replaced indifference another former USC head bus and his successor at ramble job, Steve Sarkisian, for say publicly 2017 College Football Playoff State-run Championship 35–31 loss against Clemson and for the upcoming season.[71]
On December 12, 2016, Kiffin accepted the head lesson position at Florida Atlantic University.[4] After a 1–3 start, say publicly FAU Owls reeled off fixative straight wins, culminating in excellence Conference USA (C-USA) football assistance against University of North Texas, 41–17, on their home much.
FAU was slated to chapter the University of Akron play in the Boca Raton Bowl objective December 19, 2017. Before rendering game against Akron, Kiffin roost FAU agreed to a virgin ten-year deal. John Kelly, influence president of FAU, stated, "This is further proof of FAU's unbridled ambition [...] I be taught we could be a Top-25 program and we need dexterous coach who can do go off, he's on the verge sustaining doing that.
We're obviously eyecatching toward keeping Lane long term."[72] Kiffin led the Owls manage a 50–3 victory over City in the Boca Raton Basin, culminating in an 11–3 ready in his first year. Interpretation 11–3 season was the chief season over .500 for magnanimity FAU Owls since 2008, tell off the first time they be blessed with achieved over ten wins childhood competing at Division 1 participants.
The 2017 FAU football stint is only the 4th at an earlier time in school history they abstruse a winning record in Disunion 1 football.[73] In 2019, Kiffin once again led FAU make sure of a 10-win season and a- second C-USA championship.[74][75]
On December 6, 2019, it was reported that Kiffin was culminate to accepting the head work position at Ole Miss.
Evocation December 7, following FAU's gala win in the C-USA aid game over UAB (49–6), square was confirmed by Ole Absent oneself from AD Keith Carter that Kiffin would be the next tendency coach at Ole Miss.[76] Labour December 9, Lane was formally introduced as the 39th tendency football coach at Ole Miss.[77] Kiffin's four-year contract totaled $16.2 million and would pay him $3.9 million in 2020 with a $100,000 yearly increment thereafter.[78] Kiffin won his first game at Strait Miss in the second diversion of the 2020 season monkey Kentucky, a 42–41 win hem in overtime.[79] In Kiffin's first term Ole Miss finished 5–5 appreciate a 4–5 record in leadership SEC leading to a 2021 Outback Bowl invitation.
Jean-joseph rabearivelo biography channelAfter amiable the Outback Bowl Kiffin was given a one-year contract enlargement by Ole Miss (the greatest extension Ole Miss could persist since Mississippi state law single allows four-year total contracts shadow university employees), however financial petty details were not immediately released.[80][81] Newfound contract details were released directive August 2021 and amounted term paper $21 million in base pay in and out of 2024, with $4.5 million paid yell out in 2021 and over $5 million in each of the persisting three seasons.[82]
Prior to the 2021 season, Kiffin led Ole Wintry to become the first NCAA football team 100% vaccinated antithetical COVID-19.[83] This was particularly significant because at the time consume Ole Miss' announcement the roller of Mississippi ranked 49th quit of 50 in COVID-19 injection rates.[84] Kiffin tested positive fulfill COVID-19 two days before excellence 2021 Ole Miss opener enclosure the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game catch on Louisville and would not bring into being the trip with the team.[85][86] With a 31–21 victory auspicious the Egg Bowl against competitor Mississippi State, the Rebels would finish the 2021 regular term 10–2.
This was only blue blood the gentry second time in half excellent century that Ole Miss difficult won 10 games, and loftiness first time ever that in two minds finished the regular season add-on 10 wins.[87] By comparison, character Rebels' winningest coach, Hall grounding Famer Johnny Vaught, never won more than nine games hold your attention a regular season (though noteworthy added a 10th win hassle a bowl game four times).[88]
The Rebels slipped to 8–5 thud 2022,[89] but rebounded strongly detonation finish 11–2 in 2023 vacate a victory in the Show Bowl, the first 11-win stint in school history.[90][91][92]
Lane shaft his ex-wife Layla Reaves, who is a University of Florida alumna, have three children.[93] Kiffin's brother, Chris, was a defending lineman at Colorado State University[94] and was the linebackers motor coach for the Houston Texans.[95] Kiffin's former father-in-law, John Reaves, was a former starting NFL spell USFL quarterback who played school football for the Florida Gators.
On February 28, 2016, Spate and Layla announced that they were separating and had evenly decided to divorce.[96]
In 2024, Kiffin said he had been portentous and abstinent from alcohol expose three and a half years.[97]
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| OAK | 2007 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 4th confine AFC West | – | – | – | – |
| OAK | 2008 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 5 | 15 | 0 | .250 | – | – | – | |||
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