Bryan Ellis, who helped coach Western Kentucky's prolific offenses the past 3 seasons (2014-16) and even called plays during the Hilltoppers’ 2016 bowl game, has joined USC in March of 2017 as an offensive administrative assistant.
Ellis, 28, was an offensive quality control coach in his first year at Western Kentucky in 2014, assisting quarterbacks coach (and current USC assistant) Tyson Helton as WKU played in the Bahamas Bowl. Brandon Doughty led the nation in passing yards (4,380) and touchdowns (49) in 2014 while winning the Sammy Baugh Award as the nation’s top quarterback. Ellis then was WKU’s running backs coach in 2015 (the team played in the Miami Beach Bowl), as Anthony Wales ran for 1,086 yards and D’Andre Ferby made the Conference USA All-Freshman team.