USC announced Monday that Clay Helton was promoted from interim to permanent head coach.
Bryan Fischer of Bleacher Report passed along the press release from the school:
From the release. Haden also noted Helton didn’t get the job because of beating UCLA. pic.twitter.com/kCS91RiGad
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) November 30, 2015
Helton, 43, replaced Steve Sarkisian and has gone 5-2 since taking over as the interim head coach, including wins over Utah and UCLA. He led the Trojans to the Pac-12 title game, where they'll face Stanford on Saturday.