USC men’s basketball assistant coach Todd Lee is close to being hired as the head coach at Cal State Bakersfield. If hired, he won’t have to get yelled at by Eric Musselman any more.
- Former USC sexecutive senior assosiate athletic direcotor Paul Perrier, who was involved in the hiring of Musselman (for better or worse) before being laid off last year, has been hired as chief sport officer of Golf Canada.
- And now for some history:
- Defensive tackle Jeff Winans, shown against Illinois in 1972, grew up in Turlock and played a Modesto Junior College before he transferred to USC.
“I could have gone to a smaller school and been sure I played,” Winans said. “But I want to play pro and I wanted to play against the best in college and USC only plays the best.”
He was a second-round draft pick in 1973 by the Buffalo Bills and spent five seasons in the NFL.
- Jim Fassel was a backup quarterback at USC in 1969. He was the head coach at Utah from 1985-89 and the New York Giants from 1997-2003.
- Marcus Allen speaking at the football bonfire rally for the USC-UCLA game in 1981, back when star players actually spoke at the rally.
- Allen and John Robinson raise their hands to Conquest after the Trojans’ 22-21 victory over the Bruins in 1981, back when players and coaches would celebrate together after big wins.
- I keep waiting for USC to sign another linebacker like Chip Banks, shown here intercepting a pass in the 1981 USC-UCLA game.
- The USC-Stanford rivalry deteriorated so badly in the early 1970’s that before the 1972 game, USC assistant coach Craig Fertig said, “We keep Marv Goux on a leash around the Stanford fans.”
- Now this is an NCAA Tournament TV crew:
PICTURES OF THE WEEK
Donna Loren
Linda Harrison
Marisa Mell
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
If you don’t want to get yelled at then don’t play sports. It seems to be a requirement of being a coach. I recall the first time I was yelled at was as a 13 year-old in Pony League, and the first day the coach said to me as I walked out onto the field, “Don’t f-in walk out there, run!”
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If one only knew women thru Wolf’s blog they’d say all women must be beautiful
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Not always. So Cal shared this last week.
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Coaches and players still celebrate wins together
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Former USC sexecutive? Q1: What is a “sexecutive”? Q2: Where do I apply? Sounds like a fun job.
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Yes sexecutive sounds good NIL. Maybe a Harvey Weinstein type of position where you interview new female hires while getting a massage at a hotel. “Chief sport officer of Golf Canada” doesn’t sound bad either. Collect a six figure government salary along with a pension for playing rounds of golf with people who can supposedly influence Canadian tourism. Doesn’t sound like a stressful way to ;make a dollar.
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All dark haired beauties! I like it!!
Think I have to go with Linda Harrison! Who can forget her in Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston?!
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Perfect– Musselman should follow his friends to either Bakersfield, or Canada. Yes, the little midget screams alot but is he well respected the answer is no, and I am referring to Musselman.
The fact that a USC top assistant is offered a head coaching job at Cal State Bakersfield shows you how little the program is currently respected. Who in the world would want to move to Bakersfield perhaps a Junior College Coach would, but to think our assistant basketball coaches with so much current coaching experience would only get an offer from Bakersfield should show us all how low the program has dropped under Musselman despite the 3 new recruits.
More will jump ship including players– just watch.
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Chip Banks was a good player………..but not as good as no. 83- Richard Wood- “The Batman”. He had it all size, terrific speed, very physical linebackers who opponent feared in the middle of the field. To this day I still don’t understand with all the talent in the world that he did not make the NFL Hall of Fame. We have not had a strong, fast, physical linebacker in a long time which has been one of the many problems on defense. Ricki Gray Ellison, was a good player also, but did not have the talent Wood, or Bank have. Seau, played on the outside in college but I am talking middle linebackers.
In memory of Richard Wood- you were the best brother.
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You mean Rikki?
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wolfman, you can deflect your cover-up of the NCAA investigation of Enfield by posting pics of Nova, but this will only delay the inevitable. don’t get hoisted by your own petard, wolfman!!
#Wolf-Gate
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Jim Fassel – he must have backed up Jimmy Jones? I dont recall him, but it sounds like had an excellent coaching career.
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