According to ESPN,
Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin has been named the next head coach at Southern California, athletic director Mike Garrett announced on Tuesday.
Kiffin replaces Pete Carroll, who jumped to the NFL as coach of the Seattle Seahawks.
“We are really excited to welcome Lane Kiffin back to USC,” Garrett said in a statement. “I was able to watch him closely when he was an assistant with us and what I saw was a bright, creative young coach who I thought would make an excellent head coach here if the opportunity ever arose. I’m confident he and his staff will keep USC football performing at the high level that we expect.”
It is also being reported that Kiffin will bring his father, Ed Orgeron, and Norm Chow, in what is being called a “blockbuster deal.” Sorry UCLA. For those claiming USC would not win without Norm Chow, that is now a worry of the past. Norm Chow and Matt Barkley, that will be a formidable team. Yes, Matt Barkley confirmed he is staying at USC. And so is C.J. Gable.
That should also cover recruiting with Orgeron, word is he is already working. As for defense, it does not get better than Monte Kiffin.
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H/T: TrojanWire
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follow the USC blueprint to svriuve probations. However we still have to wait and see how they svriuve the actual reduced scholarship sanctions in the next few seasons. There is no doubt they retained key players that could have transferred, they have stock piled some new talent and found some ways interesting ways to get bodies on campus pre sanctions. But the fact of the matter is the sanctions regarding scholarships is only starting right now. The reduced limit on the number of recruits they can bring in will only cut into their depth further in the next two years. USC is a mega brand in a warm weather place with good looking coeds and heeps of local football talent. Look, even their biggest and smartest reporters(Petros 570am LA former player at USC now radio personality) says wait before we say the sanctions did nothing and they svriuved. And remember the sanctions were intended to temporarily slow, not kill the USC program. Any year they arent a top 2 team is a dissappointment, it is pretty clear in LA the past two seasons were disappointing and strayed from what their fans expect. Depth issues may keep fans disappointed until 2016.