Mark Sanchez played quarterback at USC, so he has good perspective on what the school needs in its next head coach.

During an appearance on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Tuesday, Sanchez discussed the situation at his alma mater.

He said he wouldn’t mind if Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell was the next head coach, but added that he doesn’t expect a new coach to be named anytime soon:

“A lot of people are drawing the correlation between Mike Bohn and Luke Fickell,” he said. “I don’t think that’s a bad call. Everyone I’ve talked to at the school has said ‘This is going to be a long process.’ Whether they hire an outside firm or do it internally, it’s a 3-month search. Everybody even thinking about that job, you’re auditioning now. It’s basically the vibe I’m getting. They’re going to take their time. Usually, you do it at the end of the season, you have somebody in mind, do 2 or 3 interviews and, boom, 2 weeks later, new coach. This thing’s going to take 3 months. I really think so. They’re not going to name anybody during the season. I think Donte Williams has a great opportunity as the interim.”

Sanchez added that the biggest thing the new head coach of USC needs to do is keep Los Angeles players home, keeping SEC teams from poaching the city’s top talent:

“The biggest question I have for the next coach if I was interviewing is ‘how are we going to keep our players here?’ Because, with social media and all these private flights from the SEC schools, they’re coming and hitting 20 California high schools and stealing all our guys. They’re hitting them up on Instagram and stealing all our guys. How do we keep our talent here?”

Will the next USC coach be able to keep elite California players at home? That remains to be seen.

You can watch Sanchez’s full appearance from Tuesday’s show below: