Sources close to coach Lane Kiffin and the team said, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has been pushing his coach to resign and is considering Dennis Green as a potential replacement.


Lane Kiffin, 32 years old, was the youngest man to coach a game in the NFL since Harland Svare took over the Los Angeles Rams as a 31-year old in 1962. He overhauled almost the entire coaching staff after he arrived, hiring 14 new assistants. One season into the job and Lane Kiffin has quite a dilemma on his hands. Raiders owner Al Davis wants him out, but Kiffin’s not budging.

“I’m not going to comment on anything that has transpired in the past three weeks,” Kiffin said.


The team denied an ESPN report Friday that owner Al Davis had asked Kiffin to resign, John Herrera the senior executive of the Raiders told Bay Area reporters that “it’s a non-issue. It hasn’t been an issue and Dennis Green has already debunked the report”.