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USC coaching search: One name continues to lead pack for Trojans job

Stacey Mickles

By Stacey Mickles

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As USC continues its head coaching search, one name that keeps popping up is Cincinnati head coach Luke Fickell.

CBSSports.com college football analyst Dennis Dodd thinks the leadership at USC will pursue Fickell once the season is over.

Here is why Dodd thinks Fickell is the right coach for the job:

“It will take some convincing, but the guess here is that Fickell will be lured West, especially if Cincinnati is left out of the playoff. There has to be a feeling of hitting your head against a cement ceiling for Fickell even with the Bearcats headed to the Big 12 soon. USC would allow him immediate access to elite athletes in a league that would be easier to win than another potential suitor, LSU in the SEC. The key figure in the transaction is his wife, Amy Fickell, who along with her six children will have to be persuaded to accept a culture shift in Southern California.”

If Dodd is correct, USC may have their man by January.

Stacey Mickles

Veteran journalist Stacey Mickles graduated from the University of Alabama and covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.

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