Updates: Coaching

USC alum Tom House, who posted a career 3.79 ERA in parts of eight major league seasons after pitching for the Trojans in 1967, was named to head baseball coach Chad Kreuter’s staff as an assistant today. He joins assistant Doyle Wilson, who was hired in June. House has been a major league pitching coach […]

When MSNBC.com’s Mike Celizic thinks about Pete Carroll, the next name that pops into his head is Knute Rockne, the legendary coach of Notre Dame in the 20s and 30s.  Beyond simply highlighting the coaches’ winning percentages and multiple national championships, Celizic focuses on the coaches’ personalities in drawing the comparison:
Most of all, both are heavy on […]

ESPN’s Ivan Maisel interviewed John David Booty and Steve Sarkisian to determine whether graduating early from high school early and enrolling at USC in January is a significant benefit for young quarterbacks. Sarkisian noted that the Trojans staff does not encourage January enrollment, but local signees such as entering QB Aaron Corp of Orange Lutheran […]

Pete Carroll’s weekly “Monday Morning Quarterback” luncheons for alumni donors have outgrown on-campus banquet facility Town & Gown, reports AOL blogger Scott Olin Schmidt. Due to increased demand for the sessions (which run several hours and include Carroll’s analysis of the previous weekend’s game), they will be held in the Galen Center beginning in September. […]

Former San Francisco 49ers and Stanford Cardinal head football coach Bill Walsh died today at the age of 75, according to major news sources. Walsh, who had been battling leukemia, had served as a mentor figure to USC head coach Pete Carroll (the latter was an assistant with the 49ers while Walsh was there as […]

A one-way dialogue that seemed to be confined to west coast media sources has gone national. Pete Thamel reports in the New York Times that new Stanford Coach Jim Harbaugh continues to offer his opinion of Pete Carroll and this year’s USC team: “They may be the best team in the history of college football.” Thamel references […]

CSTV.com has published an interview between that site’s Steve Brauntuch and Trojan head basketball coach Tim Floyd. The coach answers questions about building up the USC program, recruiting, playing at the Galen Center, and coaching OJ Mayo. He also addresses the controversy surrounding his recruiting of junior high school players.
Coach’s Q&A: Tim Floyd (CSTV)

Everyone knows that Idaho scheduled USC as its 2007 season opener at the request of Nick Holt, former Idaho head coach and current USC defensive coordinator. According to the Idaho Statesman, current Vandals head coach Robb Akey, taking a stab at gallows humor, made light of his team’s brutal September 1 date with pre-season #1 […]

ESPN’s new daily college football program, “College Football Live,” debuts Monday, July 23rd, at 3:30p ET / 12:30p PT, with a repeat most days at 7:30p ET / 4:30p PT. The Rece Davis-hosted half-hour show will include a live interview with USC head football coach Pete Carroll next Thursday, July 26th (which also happens to […]

Garry Paskwietz of WeAreSC.com sat down with USC strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle.  The topics discussed focused on the competitiveness and intensity of practice, including safety Taylor Mays’ running down speedster Travon Patterson in the final spring scrimmage: “[T]hat’s the difference between 10.4 and 10.5. I think it’s a testament to the desire and work ethic of that […]