What will today’s scandal be at USC? USC has become a freak show. Part of it stems from the entrenched and entitled attitude that exists for a segment of the university and its well-heeled donor class. Donna Heinel and Jovan Vavic were long-time employees. Vavic did whatever he wanted and was keeping USC relevant when it came to winning NCAA titles. Heinel was the No. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Culture Change Must Come Soon
Donna Heinel probably had pretty good reason to think she would never got caught taking bribes to get students into USC. Since around 2007, she pretty much was the only person in the athletic dept. who dealt with the admissions boards. It was her own fiefdom. This often made her unpopular with USC coaches because she would often reject seemingly qualified candidates before even taking … Continue reading No Oversight Means Plenty Of Scandals
UPDATED: USC water polo coach Jovan Vavic and senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel were fired this afternoon by the university. Here is the statement: Following Vavic’s dismissal, Casey Moon is USC’s interim women’s water polo coach and Marko Pintaric is the interim men’s water polo coach. Below is my original post. Vavic was arrested in Hawaii this morning, according to a published report. Vavic was … Continue reading USC Fires Jovan Vavic And Donna Heinel
How many internal investigations does USC have going right now? I’ve lost count. I can’t tell you how many USC coaches are amused over today’s news. Donna Heinel was not a popular figure within the athletic dept. A USC administrator tells me Jovan Vavic makes somewhere in the neighborhood $300,000-400,000 per year. So he could make a pretty good living without taking bribes. Wake Forest … Continue reading Some Quick Thoughts On USC Scandal
Get ready for the latest USC scandal. The athletic dept. is at the center of the college admissions bribery scandal as senior associate athletic Donna Heinel reportedly received more than $1.3 million in bribe payments to fabricate athletic credentials for prospective students. Heinel, men’s and women’s water polo coach Jovan Vavic and former women’s soccer coach Ali Khosroshahin have been indicted. Heinel was in charge … Continue reading One More Scandal As USC Athletic Dept. Involved In College Scandal
Hey, look, we might think Lynn Swann is the worst athletic director in USC history but do we have proof? When I said yesterday that USC is on the verge of losing records in football, basketball and baseball, a reader told me it had never happened before. So let’s check: The first year USC started playing football, basketball and baseball in the same season was … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Just How Bad Is Lynn Swann? We Have An Answer
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