Sage Steele questions Lane Kiffin's timing after he links Ole Miss recruiting to segregation concerns

Sage Steele joins Will Cain to dismantle Lane Kiffin’s "diversity" claims and discuss the CCP's infiltration via a California city's mayor. Plus, retired Green Beret Scott Mann on the power of storytelling and common societal narratives.

Lane Kiffin is no stranger to stirring controversy. 

The former Ole Miss head coach drew attention again this week after floating a theory about diversity efforts that he claimed at times hindered his ability to recruit players during his tenure at Oxford.

In excerpts taken from a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair, Kiffin noted that some recruits would tell him, "‘Hey, coach, we really like you. But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.’"

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Lane Kiffin speaks at a press conference as he is introduced as the new head football coach of the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Dec. 1, 2025. (Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images)

Kiffin said he does not expect to face similar challenges in his new home, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, saying, "That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus’ diversity feels so great: ‘It feels like there’s no segregation. And we want that for our kid because that’s the real world.’"

Kiffin did not directly point to inherent challenges to diversity at Ole Miss, nor did he frame the school as uniquely racist in the article. He did, however, suggest he believes its history still shapes national perception.

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Former ESPN host Sage Steele was a guest on the "Will Cain Country" podcast, hosted by Fox News