OXFORD, Miss — Lane Kiffin and Tennessee can never be separated.
The former Tennessee head coach threw out the first pitch when Tennessee baseball took on Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi on Friday night for the first game of a three-game series. The twist was he threw a golf ball.
Kiffin was hit with a golf ball when Ole Miss football visited Tennessee last season.
Tennessee celebrated with a mustard bottle after left-fielder Jared Dickey hit a two-run home run in the second inning to put the Viols up 6-0. A mustard bottle was one of the items thrown on the field when Tennessee and Ole Miss football played.
Kiffin was hired as the 21st head football coach in school history, but he only coached Tennessee for a single season from 2008 through 2009.
He did not return for a second season, resigning as the Vols’ head coach on January 12, 2010, and becoming USC’s head coach.
Kiffin was hired as Ole Miss's head football coach in 2020.
