Many have called for his job for a very long time but Saturday night’s home blowout loss to Stanford was the straw that broke the camel’s back at USC has fired head football coach Clay Helton.
The University of Southern California released a statement on Monday afternoon, two days after the then-14th ranked Trojans were run out of their own building by Stanford, 42-28, in a game they trailed 42-13 with just over nine minutes to play.
Helton’s reign at USC last 70 games, the first being as the interim head coach in the 2013 Trojans win over Fresno State in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Helton then took over the USC post in the middle of 2015, leading the Trojans to 5-4 mark after replacing Steve Sarkisian. USC would go 10-3 and win the Rose Bowl in 2016 and 11-3 with a Cotton Bowl appearance in 2017 before things hit the skids for Helton as they’ve gone just 19-14 since.
We are making a change in the leadership of our football program. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/xChL8xi0oG
— Mike Bohn (@USC_mikebohn) September 13, 2021
Helton finishes his USC career with a 46-24 career mark, including going 1-4 against Notre Dame.
The Irish play host to USC on the evening of October 23 this year.
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