USC announced Pat Haden will resign as athletic director June 30, but it doesn’t mean Haden is severing ties with the university.
USC president Max Nikias said Haden “has agreed to a one-year term to guide our renovation of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, he will maintain an office in the Bovard Administration Building, working closely with me and reporting directly to me as he heads a fundraising initiative focused on renewing the nation’s most venerable stadium and the home of Trojan football.”
Nikias also said he “will be working closely with Nick Brill, principal and co-founder of the Brill Neumann executive search firm, to identify USC’s next athletic director.