Graham Harrell certainly didn’t plan to be USC football’s offensive coordinator. Five years ago, when he was just a lowly offensive analyst for Mike Leach at Washington State, he wouldn’t have imagined himself in this spot in 2019.
“It’s been a fast ride and an exciting one,” Harrell said on Monday, speaking to the media for the first time since taking the job with the Trojans.
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Even landing the USC job was a “random deal,” he explained.
“I wasn’t looking for a job at all.