Clay Helton already has 10 games to his name as USC’s head football coach. The 2016 season, however, presents a fresh start for Helton as he finally gets to lead the Trojans from the start of a season.
Helton was USC’s interim head coach for the 2013 Las Vegas Bowl victory and again for the Trojans’ final 7 regular-season games of 2015 before the interim tag was dropped prior to last year’s Pac-12 Championship Game and subsequent Holiday Bowl. Last season, he guided Troy to the co-championship of the challenging Pac-12 South Division and was named the Los Angeles Sports Council Coach of the Year.