LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron desperately wanted to be the USC Trojans head coach in 2013.
After serving as USC’s defensive line coach from 2010-2013, Orgeron was named the Trojans’ interim head coach after Lane Kiffin was fired early in the 2013 season.
Orgeron proceeded to go 6-2 as the interim head coach. He was a candidate to be the permanent head coach, but the job instead went to Steve Sarkisian.
The Louisiana native was understandably crushed.
Watching Ed Orgeron choke up again over not getting the USC job six years later. Says it was the hardest thing since losing his father.