J.K. McKay (2018) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

J.K. McKay

Induction:
2018
Class:
1974

J.K. McKay, the son of legendary USC football coach John McKay, was a standout Trojan wide receiver and later a USC athletic administrator. Playing for his father, he was a member of USC’s 1972 and 1974 national championship teams and played in three Rose Bowls. His late-in-the-game 38-yard touchdown reception (from childhood friend Pat Haden) helped the Trojans to a dramatic 18-17 comeback win over Ohio State in the 1975 Rose Bowl to seal the national crown (he and Haden were the game’s Co-MVPs). In 1988, he was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. The three-year letterman (1972-74) had 88 catches and 18 TDs in his USC career. He spent 1975 with the WFL’s Southern California Sun, then three years (1976-78) playing for his father again, this time with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He then became an attorney, as well as a sports front office executive, including general manager of the XFL champion Los Angeles Xtreme. He served as a senior associate athletic director at USC from 2010 to 2016.