Lane Kiffin Fired as Oakland Raiders Head Coach by Owner Al Davis

Lane Kiffin was finally fired as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders of Tuesday after weeks of speculation about his status with the team.

Raiders owner Al Davis made statements during week 3 that he was going to fire Kiffin, but waited on Tuesday to make the decision official.

Tom Cable, the team's offensive line coach, has emerged as the leading candidate to replace Kiffin, a source said. Cable was among three coaches interviewed by Davis on Monday night; the others were offensive coordinator Greg Knapp and special consultant Paul Hackett.

Davis is expected to have a press conference later Tuesday to explain his decision to dismiss Kiffin.

Kiffin was not fired face-to-face. Instead, he was notified by a team executive Tuesday morning that Davis would call him at 9:15 a.m. PT to relieve the coach of his duties. Davis then called Kiffin minutes later.

The Raiders are 1-3 this season, but have blown leads in the fourth quarter to the Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers. During Kiffin's 20-game tenure, the Raiders took leads into the fourth quarter of 11 games.

Kiffin was 5-15 in his one-and-a-half year tenure as the Raiders head coach. Davis hired Kiffin, who was USC's offensive coordinator at the time, as the NFL's youngest coach at 31 years old in February 2007.

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