USC soccer has had nice head coaches over time, within the Pac-12 soccer period. Past head coaches, nevertheless, the Trojans have additionally boasted a number of the greatest teaching staffs in Pac-12 historical past. Pete Carroll had Ed Orgeron and Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin and — in earlier years — Norm Chow. There was a number of teaching expertise on Carroll’s staffs. But, in case you needed to establish the perfect teaching employees in USC — and perhaps Pac-12 — soccer historical past, you’ll in all probability have to decide on the 1979 employees below head coach John Robinson:
“That entire employees that Coach Robinson had was excellent,” USC’s Ronnie Lott (a member of the 1979 crew) stated. “Every a type of coaches went on to do some actually superb issues. Our offensive line coach, Hudson Houck, was in all probability one of many biggest offensive line coaches in all of soccer, interval. He went to educate the Dallas Cowboys. Norv Turner is without doubt one of the greatest offensive minds ever. The employees actually complemented the expertise.”
Houck and Turner have been joined by the legendary Marv Goux, working backs coach John Jackson, and offensive coordinator Paul Hackett, giving USC a room stuffed with actually good individuals to assist John Robinson. It’s no surprise USC remained robust for a number of seasons after John McKay left for the NFL.
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