Wins and losses are one thing. Winning conference titles, Rose Bowls, and National Championships are another. Moral victories, and feel good stories are nice, but those are side pieces at USC.
suc·cess
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"The accomplishment of an aim or purpose".
For USC Football in 2016, the definition of success will have many parts to it. For Clay Helton, it is likely to be much smaller in scope, and with a sense of urgency his career has never known.
In division I college football, success, especially for a head coach, is measured in a relatively simple metric; wins and losses.