Former Packers assistant coach Monte Kiffin dies at 84

Green Bay was a launching pad for his career

Monte Kiffin, whose career as an NFL assistant took off after his one season as linebackers coach of the Green Bay Packers, died Thursday in Oxford, Miss., at the age of 84. Kiffin's son, Lane, is the head coach at the University of Mississippi.

Kiffin's first pro coaching stop was Green Bay, where coach Bart Starr hired him as linebackers coach in 1983. The Pa