USC Football Assistant Coaches are Dennis Simmons, Alex Grinch, Josh Henson, Donte Williams, Roy Manning and Brian Odom. Lincoln Riley leads the coaching staff.
The USC Trojans nearly did the unthinkable in Lincoln's first year of coaching records like win the Pac 12 and earn a college football playoff berth.
The head coach has officially announced his 2022 staff for the USC football program. This big announcement already has the Trojan football program trending back to national-level dominance as few of the staff across the country can top this.
Only one of these full-time coaches was with the program last year and that is 2021 interim head coach Donte Williams. The rest of the members whom Lincoln either brought with him or found as the best possible candidates from outside sources.
He has finalized his support staff at USC Trojans and retained only one staff member Donte Williams from the Clay Helton era.
USC Football Head Coach Lincoln Riley
Lincoln Riley was appointed as the head coach of the USC Football team on 28 November 2021.
Lincoln was the 30th head coach of the USC Trojans football team representing the University of Southern California, replacing Clay Helton.
The move was widely appreciated in Los Angeles area media with the Los Angeles Daily News calling it a walk-off home run hire for the Trojans after his 5 excellent years at Oklahoma.
Riley and the USC Trojans started the season off going win/loss (6-0) but would fall to the 20 position with win/loss (43-42) on October 15, 2022.
The Trojans won the rest of their regular season games, finishing the season ranked 4th.
In the Pac-12 Championship Game, they would lose to the Utah Utes football again (47–24) knocking them out of contention for the College Football Playoff.
Moreover, he has had a more successful football career as a head coach than any other head coach in college football history before the age of 40.
Riley has been a head coach for 6 seasons and has developed 3 of the last 6 Heisman Trophy winners which includes all quarterbacks. From coaching 3 Heisman Trophy winners to having an 84 percent winning record in 3 college football playoff appearances.
The total salary of head coach Lincoln Riley across the term of his contract is $110 million. It is likely a 10-year deal for the former Oklahoma head coach that would put his annual average salary at $11 million.
Not only that but new USC football head coach Lincoln has announced his full-time assistant coaching staff.
USC Football Offensive Coordinator
Josh Henson is a famous American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator for the USC Trojans football team.
Graham Harrell as the offensive coordinator was replaced by Josh Henson who is the former offensive line coach at Texas A&M. His 2021 offensive line unit was highly ranked in the nation in pass protection efficiency.
Furthermore, the Aggie offensive line was nominated for the Joe Moore Award for the most outstanding offensive line unit in college football. He has 23 years of coaching experience primarily in the SEC and Big 12.
Henson has been part of a national championship staff and joined the USC staff as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in December of 2021.
He spent the past three seasons (2019 to 2021) as the offensive line coach at Texas A&M.
Josh once again got the chance to be an offensive coordinator in 2022 after becoming USC's offensive coordinator under new head coach Lincoln Riley.
Before that, he spent 3 seasons (2016 to 2018) at Oklahoma State as an offensive analyst and then coached the offensive line in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
OSU ranked in the national top 15 in scoring offense, total offense, passing offense, and first downs in 2018. The Cowboys played in the 2016 Alamo Bowl, 2017 Camping World Bowl, and 2018 Liberty Bowl.
| Coach Name | Role |
| Josh Henson | Offensive Coordinator |
| Dennis Simmons | Offensive Passing Game Coordinator |
| Zach Crabtree | Offensive Line |
| Trey Tinsley | Offensive Graduate Assistant |
| Kliff Kingsbury | Senior Offensive Analyst |
| Derek Fa'avi | Offensive Analyst |
Trojans Defensive Coordinator
Alex Grinch is a popular football coach who serves as the defensive coordinator at the University of Southern California (USC).
Grinch is one of the nation's top defensive coordinators and secondary coaches who joined as a USC defensive coordinator and safeties coach in December 2021.
He is a four-time nominee and two-time semifinalist for the Broyles Award which is given annually to the top assistant coach. He served the past 3 seasons (2019 to 2021) at Oklahoma as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach.
The Sooners ranked 24th nationally in rushing defense in 2021 and advanced to the Alamo Bowl. In 2020 while winning the Big 12 title and playing in the Cotton Bowl.
In 2021, he followed Riley after he was hired to be the next head coach at USC. In one year at USC, he has managed to get a Trojan defensive roster that in 2021 finished as one the worst units statistically in program history.
Previously, they ranked 103rd in scoring defense and ended that season well below average in all other categories. The recent SC defense is ranked 51st in scoring, 8th in sacks, 2nd in interceptions, and 37th in tackles for loss.
- Alex Grinch - Defensive Coordinator
- Shaun Nua - Defensive Line
- Donte Williams - Defensive Backs / Defensive Passing Game Coordinator
- Will Johnson - Defensive Graduate Assistant
- Peyton Pelluer - Defensive Graduate Assistant/Linebackers
- Greg Brown - Senior Defensive Analyst
- Parker Henry - Senior Defensive Analyst/Assistant Linebackers
- Taylor Mays - Defensive Analyst
- Bookie Radley Hiles - Defensive Analyst
General Manager of USC Trojans
Dave Emerick has spent almost 25 years working in college football and enters his second season as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Football General Manager. He joined the USC management staff in July of 2022.
He spent his past two years working at Mississippi State with the late head coach Mike Leach serving as the Bulldogs’ Senior Associate Athletic Director for Football. Dave looked over all of MSU’s football recruiting efforts while also working closely with senior administration as it related to the program.
Furthermore, he joined the MSU staff following an 8-year stint at Washington State where he served as Mike's Chief of Staff and Senior Associate Athletic Director. He served as the liaison between the football program and the Texas Tech Athletic Department, specifically in academics, compliance, media relationships, and marketing.
Emerick began at Texas Tech in 2004 as unit coordinator during his first season and director of player personnel his next 3 seasons, before assuming the chief of staff position.
Other 2023 USC Football Assistant Coaches
USC football coaching staff includes:
- Zach Hanson - Tight Ends Coach
- Luke Huard - Inside Wide Receivers Coach
- Roy Manning - Outside Linebacker Coach
- Kiel McDonald - Running Backs Coach
- Brian Odom - Inside Linebackers Coach
- Bennie Wylie - Director of Football Sports Performance
- Ryan Dougherty - Senior Special Team Analyst
- Caesar Martinez - Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance
- Drew Smith - Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance
- Adam Thackery - Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance
- Jackson Polk - Assistant Director of Sports Science
- Caleb Withrow - Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance
Zach Hanson is one of the young coaches who enters his second season as USC's tight ends coach.
Hanson led a group of tight ends who contributed to a recorded setting season for the Trojan offense. The USC played in the Cotton Bowl to conclude the 2022 season.
Moreover, Luke Huard comes from a family of outstanding QBs who joined the USC college football staff team in February of 2022 as an offensive analyst at Texas A&M.
