Before traveling to Notre Dame, a group of ex-players arrived on campus to show support for the current team and interim head coach Clay Helton. Yesterday, it was university president Max Nikias and athletic director Pat Haden at practice. Today, former standouts like Keyshawn Johnson and Willie McGinest spoke to the team after practice.
Thanks to USC’s practice being open to the media, we got a listen to the motivational tactics coming from former players, including this talk from Helton.
The last time Haden fired a coach midseason, he replaced Lane Kiffin (who was hired by former AD Mike Garrett) with defensive line coach Ed Orgeron.