USC could go outside the Trojan family for its next athletic director, but there are several very attractive in-house candidates or, if not that, candidates who have previously worked at USC who would not require a significant education process in transitioning to the athletic director job. They would instantly know what to do and how to do it. They would know exactly what to expect.
We joined the Trojan Conquest Live show on Sunday night at 8 p.m. Eastern. The link is at YouTube, but we are already rolling out the list of candidates revealed on that broadcast with help from college sports consultant Tony Altimore. You can check out the various categories of candidates, such as the six people USC must first give a phone call to, but the in-house candidates require and deserve special attention.
In this article, we’ll look at one of those candidates, Ed Stewart, who is the executive senior associate athletic director for football administration. If you aren’t familiar with him, consider this a basic primer on what he would bring to the table if chosen as the new AD (and possibly as the interim or acting AD, though USC President Carol Folt had not appointed an acting AD as of 10 a.m. on Monday, May 22):