New Rams assistant head coach/linebackers coach Joe Barry is no stranger to Southern California. Barry spent his formative years in Los Angeles, playing linebacker at USC in the early 90s, then returning to USC as the program’s linebackers coach in 2010.
Barry’s history should make for a special reunion when he walks into the Coliseum as a Rams coach for the first time.
“I played at SC and I coached at SC, so to now go back and be able to coach for two years with the Rams, I can’t wait,” Barry said last Friday. “Little shoutout to the Trojans — the last time I was actually in that stadium, we beat UCLA 50-0.