New Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin, divisive as he can be, has found a new fan in Miami hip-hop and football icon Luther Campbell.

"He’s a rock star!" Campbell says of the first-year FAU coach.

Campbell, along with other Miami high school coaches, was on hand to watch FAU practice Saturday at Liberty City’s Charles Hadley Park. The practice was the third on the road the Owls have taken since spring 201t6, though the first in Miami.

Conversations about an FAU practice in Miami began this spring, when Campbell attended several practices, including the April 8 scrimmage at Carter Park — a practice the hip-hop legend said he’d been asked by Kiffin to attend.

"I was like, ‘Man, Carter Park is all right, I like it, it’s Broward County, but that ain’t really the hood,’ " Campbell said. "All jokes aside, I told him it’s a good thing (FAU) is doing at Carter Park, but you gotta do something in Miami."

Kiffin, who said after the Carter Park practice that he’d be open to expanding practices south of Broward, then began working on setting something up for Hadley Park. Vocal support from Campbell on Twitter, including a June tweet about bringing the team to Miami, helped increase the chances of a trip to Liberty City.

When asked about Campbell’s "role" earlier this week, Kiffin deadpanned, "I’m not sure what his role is" but complimented Campbell for his attempts to get involved with FAU.

"He’s come to a number of our practices, so I hope he’s there," Kiffin said. "It’s good to get to (areas like Miami) so people can come see FAU football."

Away from the team to attend a personal issue, Kiffin was not in attendance Saturday. Kiffin’s former father-in-law, ex-Florida star quarterback John Reaves, died Tuesday in Tampa at the age of 67.

A lifelong Miami Hurricanes fan, Campbell said he was first drawn to Kiffin when former Crimson Tide and current Oakland Raiders receiver Amari Cooper — who Campbell coached at Miami Northwestern — was being recruited in 2011.

Cooper’s final season in Alabama coincided with Kiffin’s first season as the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator, with Kiffin helping Cooper set career-highs in catches (124), yards (1,727), and touchdowns (16). The Crimson Tide would make the College Football Playoff before a loss to eventual champion Ohio State.

Kiffin and his staff’s efforts of looking locally for players, Campbell said, was something he appreciated.

"You look at the staff and the staff has made a commitment that (they) want kids from Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade County," Campbell said. "That makes me like (Kiffin) a little bit more."

Shortly after Kiffin’s December hiring, Campbell tweeted that he’d be "riding with FAU" as his second team, behind the Hurricanes, of course.