Stout front seven paces Trojans’ defense
The success of USC’s new 5-2 defense will depend upon the defensive line and linebackers.
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Uncertainty clouds USC’s young defensive backfield
The Trojan secondary features many new faces after an uneven 2012 performance.
USC defense must blend old with new
Every year, across the country, the same thing happens: Schools hire a new head football coach or new assistants. Once spring practice starts, the new schemes and playbooks that each new coach brings are proclaimed to be so much better than those that came before. Sure enough, early returns on new USC Defensive Coordinator Clancy […]
Pendergast has eyes toward the future
The new defensive coordinator sees positives in a unit that underperformed last season.
Kiffin takes a chance in DC hire
With national signing day fast approaching, USC coach Lane Kiffin crossed off the most glaring issue of the offseason this past week when he officially named Clancy Pendergast his new defensive coordinator. Prior to a report on Pendergast’s impending hiring, little had been reported regarding possible candidates or coaches that had interviewed with Kiffin for […]
USC hires Pendergast to lead defense
Former Cal coordinator Clancy Pendergast will replace Monte Kiffin at USC.