Lane Kiffin is conceited. His smile is so rare that it’s on the list of endangered species. He’s outspoken. He’s an all-around jerk.

He’s also the perfect coach for USC.

Never in the history of college football has a head coach so perfectly embodied the university he represents. Kiffin is to USC what Superman is to righteousness.

Except, instead of truth, justice and the American way, Kiffin fights for Southern Cal, himself and the right to shove it in Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s face.

You see, Kiffin is far and away the most arrogant head coach in college football. He is a man known for calling for two point conversions seemingly just for kicks, and wearing sunglasses during interviews—and that is why he is perfect.

Kiffin’s boldness may as well be that of every Trojan fan. A year without a Rose Bowl may be standard for the rest of the Pac-12, but for USC faithful, that scenario is unacceptable. Ask any of your Trojan fans: They’d rather cross the Sahara in water skis than have to watch their team in another Emerald Bowl.

USC fans are among the cockiest in the country. They’re the ones that expect blowouts against Oklahoma and Ohio State—and so does Lane Kiffin.

Much like USC, Kiffin is hated by every other team in the country. Be it his smug attitude, his unfiltered comments, the fact that he left Tennessee after only one year or that his wife is hot enough to make Erin Andrews look average, there are infinite reasons to hate Lane Kiffin—much like USC.

With the Reggie Bush scandal, the “University of Spoiled Children” reputation and the biggest superiority complex in the nation, USC has made themselves one of the most hated teams in college football.

At any other school, it would be a bad thing to hire a coach with more enemies than Bruce Wayne, but for Southern Cal it makes sense—being hated is just part of the territory.

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However, in order to really be the perfect coach for USC, you have to be a winner, and Kiffin fits the bill perfectly.

In just his second season, Kiffin led the Trojans to a 10-2 record and a Pac-12 South Championship. Despite a reduction of scholarships and recruits decommitting, Kiffin managed to not only salvage the season, but has set up a likely Top 10 ranking for next season.

However, what makes Kiffin the perfect man for the Trojans is what he did in the final game of the 2011 season: thrashed UCLA.

50-0 is a ridiculously lopsided margin, yet even that doesn’t convey how badly the Bruins were beaten. By the third quarter, UCLA’s players looked like they were considering the badminton team, while USC’s sideline looked like they were on Soul Train.

However, what sealed it for Lane was what happened in the second quarter. Having already ran a fake PAT earlier in the game, any sane coach would have known that UCLA was prepared for another and would’ve automatically just taken the field goal. Not Kiffin.

While I was watching the game, there wasn’t a person in the room that thought USC was going to kick it—even the Bruins knew the Trojans weren’t going to kick it, they just couldn’t stop it.

He might be the exact opposite of Pete Carroll, but maybe that’s what USC needed. They needed somebody just like them.

They needed somebody to make the rest of the Pac-12 hate them even more. They needed somebody to make them look like the Harlem Globetrotters when they play UCLA. They needed a hero with a ridiculous beanie to lead them against Oregon. They needed a savior wearing a visor to guide them through the sanction era.

They needed Lane Kiffin.