Last June, after a four-year NCAA investigation, then-USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett echoed a commonly held sentiment: The NCAA had it in for USC. At a hotel ballroom in San Francisco, filled with 180 university boosters, Garrett responded to the Committee on Infractions’ 67-page report by accusing college athletics’ governing body of jealousy. “As I [...]
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Initiative evidenced by hosting summit
Pat Haden is setting the right tone within the USC athletic department this year.
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Former USC defensive back Jeff Fisher, who was reportedly considered twice for the school’s head coaching vacancy, has parted ways with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.
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A new decade means new beginnings, and for the USC men’s basketball program, it could only signal a change from the bitter, not too distant past. Following the resignation of former coach Tim Floyd in 2009, the USC basketball team was in shambles. Former guard O.J. Mayo was found to have received improper benefits and [...]
Read the rest of this article »Pat Haden, a former USC quarterback and Rhodes Scholar, looks to bring a new mentality to a troubled athletic department.
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Looking to move on from a past riddled with controversy, Lane Kiffin comes to USC with high hopes and an even better recruiting class.
Read the rest of this article »Sanctions cast pall over USC athletics
Mike Garrett is let go as NCAA punishes USC for infractions in football, men’s basketball and women’s tennis programs.
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An ‘Outside the Lines’ report released this week profiles USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett.
Read the rest of this article »With the first installment of “From the Desk of the A.D.,” Mike Garrett shows fans he’s in touch with the day-to-day activities of the athletic program.
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March is sneaky. The other day, it crept up behind me more quietly than Elmer Fudd, tapped me on my opposite shoulder and then laughed as I looked the other way. I couldn’t help but smile, as I was finally reunited with my good buddy. We walked to class together and discussed many things. I [...]
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