Lynn Swann began his tenure as USC athletic director on July 1. After a month on the job, the Pro Football Hall of Famer sat down with the LA Times' Zach Helfand to answer a few questions.
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Swann discussed his vision for USC, which includes Coliseum renovations, winning championships and encouraging student-athletes to achieve great heights academically. He also introduced the idea of creating a comprehensive sports curriculum for Trojans.
"There's sports management, there's sports negotiation, there's sports design, there's sports journalism, there's broadcasting, there's data analytics, you know, there's sports administration," Swann said. "There's all kinds of careers you can have in sports. And so a sports-centric degree curriculum would encompass all of those kinds of things."
Of course, one of Swann's most public duties is overseeing USC's football team. He reiterated that he and head coach Clay Helton have high hopes for this program.
"Putting his team in position to win the national championship, I think, is what Clay thinks is success," Swann said. "And you build. You build on that. I mean, look, USC had some problems. Probation. Lost some scholarships. Couldn't play in bowl games. I think Pat Haden did a great job of getting USC's foundation back together, getting the scholarships back. We're at our full load. Clay Helton did a great job coming in as an interim coach. Now he's got his first year as a head coach and his first recruiting class. And so we're going to move this forward."
