USC athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned after holding the role since November 2019.
.This year's team is expected to compete for a CFP spot again with Williams under center.
But perhaps the more consequential decision ushered under Bohn's management was the orchestrating of USC's move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten alongside UCLA. The sport-altering move, which was announced last year and will go into effect next year, not only put USC in a conference alongside Michigan and Ohio State but also allowed it to be part of a seven-year, $7 billion media rights deal between the Big Ten and broadcasters Fox, CBS and NBC.
"Over the last four years, the USC athletics department has transformed into a national powerhouse," university president Carol Folt wrote in a letter to the USC community. "I am committed to ensuring we have the right leadership in place to achieve our goals. As part of that commitment and as we prepare to move to the Big Ten, we conducted a thorough review of the athletics department, including its operations, culture, and strategy.
The Times reported that USC retained Gina Maisto Smith, a Philadelphia-based attorney from Cozen O'Connor, to conduct the internal review that Folt mentioned in her letter. The football team wasn't the only program heading in the right direction under Bohn. The men's basketball team made three straight NCAA tournament appearances and just signed
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