USC now has two special teams coaches.

Ryan Dougherty, who is Lincoln Riley’s friend and worked with him since Oklahoma, will continue to coach kickers and punters. Mike Ekeler will coach the rest instead of Dougherty.

“When we’ve evaluated it, there’s certainly been some areas we’ve been really strong special teams-wise, and there’s been some areas that have held us back and obviously need to do better, plain and simple,” Riley said. “We felt the combination of Coach Ekeler and Coach Dougherty will be pretty tough to beat.”

USC has more coaches than ever. They seem to have three linebacker coaches because Rob Ryan is still around with the title, “assistant head coach for defense.”

The only thing missing is assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater like Mark “Rat” Ratner of Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

• An Associated Press reporter in Seattle became the first media member to finally ask Eric Musselman why he dismissed Chad Baker-Mazara from the USC basketball team.

Musselman declined comment last night.

That’s a weak response from the guy who likes to wear a football uniform and seems to have something to say about everything except the biggest development of the season.

USC put in a meek performance last night, losing to Washington, 91-72. The Huskies had only seven players so let’s not whine about USC being short-handed.

Washington forward Hannes Steinbach had 22 points AND 24 rebounds. His 12 offensive rebounds were as many as the entire USC team!

That should just about end the NCAA Tournament hopes and UCLA comes to the Galen Center on Saturday. Musselman is already 0-3 against the Bruins.