49ers coach Jim Harbaugh on assistant coach Tim Drevno going to USC:
“I am confident the entire Drevno family will attack this endeavor with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.”
USC has a glorious track history and one of its greats died last week. Wilbur “Moose” Thompson, gold medalist in the shot put at the 1948 London Olympics, died on Christmas. He was 92.
Thompson was also a member of USC’s 1942 NCAA title team and was the sixth-oldest living U.S. Olympic gold medalist at the time of his death.
UPDATED: Betty Boyd, the wife of former USC basketball coach Bob Boyd, died Monday in Palm Springs. She was 84.
Texas is using the same search firm (Korn Ferry) as USC and the search firm reportedly gave Louisville coach Charlie Strong a high recommendation. Vanderbilt’s James Franklin and Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio are also being interviewed.
So did Korn Ferry (an annoying name if ever there was one) give Strong a high recommendation for USC? Maybe not. Korn Ferry probably inserted “South Bay experience” as a key component at USC.
With George Uko turning pro, USC would probably be right at 75 scholarship players if it used all 19 scholarships for its recruiting class. So if Marqise Lee (and/or Hayes Pullard) turned pro, the Trojans would be under the allowed 75.
Can anyone think of an image this season that will be harder to forget than this?
It was not mentioned in the press release but Steve Sarkisian said he also made Marques Tuiasosopo USC associate head coach in addition to coaching tight ends. Maybe that is what made the difference for Tuiasosopo picking USC over Washington.
If you read the USC press release last night, it stated new offensive line coach Tim Drevno “has been Jim Harbaugh’s offensive line coach for 9 years at 3 stops.”
So why would he leave if he was the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive line coach? Well, maybe it becomes clearer when you realize he is actually the “co-offensive line coach” with Mike Solari.
So Drevno will now actually be solely in charge of coaching an offensive line. That makes a little more sense to leave Harbaugh and join Steve Sarkisian at USC.
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New USC coach Cynthia Cooper gets her first win in the crosstown rivalry as Ariya Crook scored 25 points and Cassie Harberts added 12 points and eight rebounds.