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USC's Clay Helton is more than 'just a ball coach' to those who know him best

/ STAFF WRITER

LOS ANGELES – Football coaches scrawling plays on napkins while on family fishing vacations sounds like, well, a fish story. Except that in the case of the coaches Helton – father Kim and sons Clay and Tyson – it’s the absolute truth.

“It’s definitely true,” Kim Helton said. “You can always count on this: If Clay says it, it’s true. He doesn’t know how to fib.”

What everyone associated with USC football has learned about Clay Helton during his six seasons with the program – and especially during his second stint as interim coach – is that he’s a man of integrity.