USC coaching search: Big Ten coach issues strong statement about high-profile opening
By Keith Farner
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USC’s coaching search has had several high-profile names mentioned as possible candidates for its opening following the departure of Clay Helton. But at least one Big Ten coach has sent a strong message about his involvement with the Trojans.
Earlier this week, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano’s name surfaced as a possibility to be the head coach at USC now that Helton is out. Schiano was asked about that possibility.
“There’s nothing to talk about, guys. I promise you,” Schiano said, per 247Sports’ Scarlet Nation. “We’re just figuring out how to get our first down. That stuff is really not in my wheelhouse. Like, zero.”
This is Schiano’s second stint at Rutgers, after he left to coach the Tampa Bay Bucs from 2012-13. He then was Ohio State’s defensive coordinator from 2016-18. Before his first stint at Rutgers, Schiano coached at Miami, the Chicago Bears and Penn State.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
