Pete Carroll worked at USC for nine seasons, an eternity of sorts in the coaching world.
And with new head coach Lane Kiffin coming in, most of the players and support staffers are now working with a new boss for the first time ever.
But not all.
A handful of Trojan football support staff members have worked at USC and witnessed several head coaches come and go. Administrative assistants, equipment managers and strength coaches alike have survived several coaching changes, with assistant football equipment coordinator Greg Allen taking the title for longest tenure. Allen has been at Heritage Hall for 32 years and is now working with his sixth head coach in Kiffin.
Take a look at all the support staffers who have been around for numerous years and have seen many head coaches, now including Kiffin, come in and out of Heritage Hall during their USC careers:
And with new head coach Lane Kiffin coming in, most of the players and support staffers are now working with a new boss for the first time ever.
But not all.
A handful of Trojan football support staff members have worked at USC and witnessed several head coaches come and go. Administrative assistants, equipment managers and strength coaches alike have survived several coaching changes, with assistant football equipment coordinator Greg Allen taking the title for longest tenure. Allen has been at Heritage Hall for 32 years and is now working with his sixth head coach in Kiffin.
Take a look at all the support staffers who have been around for numerous years and have seen many head coaches, now including Kiffin, come in and out of Heritage Hall during their USC careers:
- Assistant football equipment coordinator Greg Allen • 32 years, 6 head coaches (including both John Robinson stints)
- Receptionist Irene Puentes • 23 years, 5 head coaches
- Assistant equipment manager Jim "Hammer" Davis • 21 years, 5 head coaches
- Assistant strength and conditioning coach Jamie Yanchar • 20 years, 5 head coaches
- Football equipment coordinator Tino Dominguez • 18 years, 5 head coaches
- Head athletic trainer Russ Romano • 16 years, 4 head coaches
- Administrative assistant Joyce Hirayama • 13 years, 3 head coaches
Art Bartner--band director, 40 years
How about Gary Crowton for OC?
He won a national championship in 2007.