USC baseball coach Dan Hubbs and Oregon coach George Horton both departed their programs on May 29. Oregon hired Purdue coach Mark Wasikowski today. USC? Well, it’s getting there. USC was snubbed by UC Santa Barbara coach Andrew Checketts and appears to have only Grand Canyon coach Andy Stankiewicz as a serious candidate. The other candidate, St. Mary’s coach Eric Valenzuela, took the Long Beach … Continue reading Oregon Moves Faster Than USC
USC women’s volleyball setter Cindy Marina was crowned Miss Universe Albania on Saturday in Tirana, Albania. Marina will represent Albania in the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant, which will be held in South Korea in late December. Marina is the first American-born Albanian to win the crown. She attended Great Oak High School in Temecula. She will be a senior at USC this season. If that … Continue reading Not Your Everyday USC Notes
Geoffrey Garrett, the dean of the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, will become the new dean of the Marshall School of Business at USC. But . . . he will not start until July, 2020. There is already some criticism because no search was done and no one else was interviewed. Garrett previously worked at USC from 2006-09 and his hiring is … Continue reading USC Hires New Business School Dean
Let’s talk about the Conference of Champions otherwise known as the Pac-12. No team in the College Football Playoff. No team in college basketball’s Elite Eight. No team in the College World Series. Every other Power 5 conference has a team in the College World Series. Thanks, UCLA! The SEC has four of the eight teams. You can’t claim the SEC baseball teams only got … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Conference Of Champions Is Sinking
It has to be a little concerning that Phil Steele has only four USC players on his Pac-12 Conference first team and one of those is a long snapper. Wide receiver Michael Pittman, wide receiver Tyler Vaughns (as a punt returner, defensive tackle Jay Tufele and long snapper Damon James are the proud few. So two of the four are on special teams despite being … Continue reading USC’s All Pac-12 Preseason Picks
USC is expected to offer its baseball job this week. But whether it gives the job to Andy Stankiewicz or Andrew Checketts, it’s going to be a tough job unless the athletic dept. changes its attitude toward baseball. Pat Haden was vexed by baseball and Lynn Swann is apathetic towards it. But there needs to be a plan in conjunction with the university to find … Continue reading USC Notes: Baseball Offer Expected Soon
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