Feb. 2, 2009

The USC football team will begin its first preparations for the 2009 season when it undergoes 15 days of spring football practice.

Here are the dates for USC's spring practices (dates and times are subject to change). All practices are open to the public unless otherwise noted:

March 28, Saturday, 10:30 a.m.

March 31, Tuesday, 4 p.m.

April 2, Thursday, 4 p.m.

April 3, Friday, 4 p.m.

April 5, Sunday, 11 a.m.

April 7, Tuesday, 4 p.m.

April 9, Thursday, 4 p.m.

April 11, Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Coliseum

April 14, Tuesday, 4 p.m.

April 16, Thursday, 4 p.m.

April 17, Friday, 4 p.m.

April 18, Saturday, 11:30 a.m. (Swim with Mike day)

April 21, Tuesday, 4 p.m.

April 23, Thursday, 4 p.m.

April 25, Saturday, 1 p.m., Trojan Huddle at the Coliseum

All practices except the April 11 date are open to the public.

Tickets for the Trojan Huddle, USC's annual spring game, will be available soon through the USC Ticket Office and on USCTrojans.com.