The USC Trojans college football team represents the University of Southern California (USC) in the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Trojans compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 26 head coaches and three interim head coaches since it began play during the 1888 season. [1]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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No. | Order of coaches [A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties [A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage [A 4] |
No. | Name [A 6] |
Season(s) [A 7] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | Henry H. Goddard | 1888 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Frank H. Suffel | 1888 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Lewis R. Freeman | 1897 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Clair S. Tappaan | 1901 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | John Walker | 1903 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Harvey Holmes | 1904–1907 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0.759 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | William I. Traeger | 1908 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 & 9 | Dean Cromwell | 1909–1910 1916–1918 |
35 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0.686 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Ralph Glaze | 1914–1915 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Gus Henderson | 1919–1925 | 52 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0.865 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
11 | Howard Jones† | 1925–1940 | 170 | 121 | 36 | 13 | 0.750 | 65 | 23 | 12 | 0.710 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 1928 1931 1932 1939 |
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12 | Sam Barry | 1941 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.278 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
13 | Jeff Cravath | 1942–1950 | 90 | 54 | 28 | 8 | 0.644 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 0.731 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
14 | Jess Hill | 1951–1956 | 63 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 0.722 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0.731 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
15 | Don Clark | 1957–1959 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0.450 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0.472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
16 | John McKay† | 1960–1975 | 175 | 127 | 40 | 8 | 0.749 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 0.794 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 1962 1967 1972 1974 |
AFCA Coach of the Year (1962, 1972) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1962, 1972) Sporting News College Football COY (1972) |
17 & 20 | John Robinson† | 1976–1982 1993–1997 |
143 | 104 | 35 | 4 | 0.741 | 63 | 23 | 3 | 0.725 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 1978 |
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18 | Ted Tollner | 1983–1986 | 47 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 0.564 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0.677 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
19 | Larry Smith | 1987–1992 | 72 | 44 | 25 | 3 | 0.632 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 0.723 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
21 | Paul Hackett | 1998–2000 | 37 | 19 | 18 | — | 0.514 | 10 | 14 | — | 0.417 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
22 | Pete Carroll | 2001–2009 | 116 | 97 | 19 | — | 0.836 | 62 | 14 | — | 0.816 | 7 | 2 | — | 7 | 2 2003 2004 |
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23 | Lane Kiffin | 2010–2013 | 43 | 28 | 15 | — | 0.651 | 17 | 12 | — | 0.586 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Int. | Ed Orgeron | 2013 | 8 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.750 | 6 | 1 | — | 0.857 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Int. & 25 | Clay Helton | 2013 2015–2021 |
70 | 46 | 24 | — | 0.657 | 36 | 13 | — | 0.735 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
24 | Steve Sarkisian | 2014–2015 | 18 | 12 | 6 | — | 0.667 | 7 | 5 | — | 0.583 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Int. | Donte Williams | 2021 | 10 | 3 | 7 | — | 0.300 | 3 | 5 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
26 | Lincoln Riley | 2022–present | 27 | 19 | 8 | — | 0.786 | 8 | 2 | — | 0.800 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |