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STEVEN B. SAMPLE
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
Steven B. Sample became the 10th president of
the University of Southern California in March 1991. He
is the university’s first holder of the Robert C. Packard
President’s Chair.
Sample is an electrical engineer, a musician, an
outdoorsman, an author, and an inventor. In February
1998 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to consumer electronics and
leadership in interdisciplinary research and education.
In 2003 he was elected to the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences in recognition of his accomplishments
as a university president.
He remains an active member of USC’s faculty, coteaching with management expert Warren Bennis a
popular spring-semester course for juniors and seniors
entitled “The Art and Adventure of Leadership.” His book, The
Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership, released in October 2001 by JosseyBass, has been a Los Angeles Times best-seller, was chosen by the
Toronto Globe as one of the 10 best business books of 2001, and has
been translated into five languages.
Under Sample’s leadership, USC has become world-renowned
in the fields of communication and multimedia technologies, received
national acclaim for its innovative community partnerships, and solidified its status as one of the nation’s leading research universities.
USC milestones in the past 13 years include conducting the most
successful fund-raising campaign in the history of higher education
and receiving four gifts of $100 million or more, a record unmatched
by any other university in the nation; the awarding of the Nobel Prize
in chemistry to USC faculty member George Olah in 1994; being named
College of the Year 2000 by Time magazine; and the recruitment of
President Steven B. Sample on
What Makes a USC Education Distinctive
(From A Guide to USC, a publication for prospective students)
While the University of Southern California shares the high ideals and high
quality of many of the world’s great universities, it possesses a special vitality,
a sense of community and a drive for excellence that set it apart. Our campus
is suffused with optimism and a can-do spirit that motivates students to expand
their minds and enlarge their vision, and inspires them to transform their ambitions and aspirations into accomplishments and achievements. At USC we
want students to invent their future by probing deeply into what they study and
by stretching broadly across the intellectual landscape.
What are some qualities that set USC apart? First, USC has outstanding
faculty who are engaged in research, scholarship and creative activities that
have an impact on people around the world.
Because they are at the forefront of their fields, faculty members such as
those we have at USC are exciting in the classroom, whether they teach freshmen or doctoral students. They can ignite a fire in the minds of their students
and bring a perspective to their teaching that faculty members in more parochial institutions simply cannot duplicate. All of our senior faculty teach regularly. We’re very proud of the fact that practically all of our courses are taught
by members of the professoriate, generally in classes of 30 or fewer students.
Another characteristic that sets USC apart from other universities is its outstanding students. USC is one of the most selective academic institutions in
the country, typically receiving 10 applicants for every opening in our freshman
class. The ones we admit are those who excel, who probe, who ask questions
and have the capacity to think deeply and originally. You may be interested to
know that USC has more National Merit Scholars than Princeton, MIT or UCLA.
One of the unique strengths of USC is our integration of the liberal arts with
professional studies. Every student early on takes six courses in our highly
successful core curriculum. We then encourage them to take a major and a
minor that are widely separated from each other across the intellectual land-
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one of the most academically talented freshman classes
in the nation.
Sample is the author of numerous journal articles
and published papers in science and engineering and
higher education. His patents in the field of digital appliance controls have been licensed to practically every
major manufacturer of appliance controls and microwave
ovens in the world. Over 300 million home appliances
have been built using his inventions.
Sample has chaired a number of statewide and
national groups examining the state of elementary, secondary, and higher education. In 1994 he convened a
group of Los Angeles leaders which was awarded a historic $53 million challenge grant from the Annenberg
Foundation to accelerate reforms in local public schools.
He currently serves on the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth. Sample co-founded the Association of Pacific Rim
Universities (APRU), a consortium of 36 premier Pacific Rim research
universities located in 17 countries. He is a past chairman of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of the 62 leading
North American research universities. He chaired a special AAU committee on postdoctoral education and an AAU task force on increasing
protection for human subjects in university-based research.
Sample came to USC from the State University of New York at
Buffalo, where he had served as president since 1982.
Sample earned B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is
married to the former Kathryn Brunkow of Park Ridge, III. The Samples,
who reside in San Marino, Calif., have two daughters and two grandchildren.
scape—such as chemistry and classics, or English and engineering, or business and music. We’ve found there is a marvelous release of intellectual energy that occurs when two widely separated fields of thought come together in
one mind.
At USC we want students to probe deeply into what they study, and we want
them to stretch themselves. We call it “breadth with depth.” The university recognizes students who do outstanding work in two or more widely separated
fields by naming them Renaissance Scholars. Student who receive this honor
then have an opportunity to compete for $10,000 prizes, awarded at graduation. I know of no other university that offers this kind of program to its undergraduates.
Another hallmark of a USC education is community service. At USC we give
students a wide array of experiences so they can develop fully has human
beings, and community service is an important part of this process.
Another thing that sets USC apart from other universities is our location. I
have visited and lived in many places around the world, and, believe me, Southern California is extraordinary. It is probably the most interesting, dynamic,
culturally rich, and diverse place on the face of the earth. This region has a
terrific intellectual and artistic vibrancy, and its human and creative resources
are nearly limitless. Southern California brings together the peoples of the world
in a manner and to an extent unlike that of any other city in history.
Finally, what truly makes USC unique is the “Trojan Family.” There is a closeness among the students, faculty, staff and alumni at USC that is unmatched
by that of any other university with which I’m familiar. Trojans tend to stick
together and help one another long after they leave the university. It’s a genuinely supportive community, all that the word family implies: a special bond that
lasts a lifetime and is with you wherever you go; memories and traditions that
are held dear by Trojans everywhere; a desire to give mutual encouragement
and inspiration.
There are more than 180,000 members of the Trojan Family throughout the
world, and I’ve never met one who doesn’t feel a kindred bond to all of his
fellow Trojans. Undoubtedly one of the greatest benefits of a USC education is
becoming a part of this special family, whose embrace of every Trojan is truly
lifelong and worldwide.
MIKE GARRETT
USC ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Michael L. Garrett, so much a part of USC’s unparalleled athletic tradition, was named the school’s sixthever athletic director in January of 1993.
Garrett, Troy’s 1965 Heisman Trophy-winning
tailback who has a background in business, law, government, athletic administration and community affairs,
oversees the 19 men’s and women’s teams and the $44
million budget that make up the nation’s most traditionrich athletic program.
During his tenure:
• USC has won 15 national titles (in men’s tennis in
1993, 1994 and 2002, women’s swimming in 1997,
baseball in 1998, men's water polo in 1998 and 2003,
women's water polo in 1999 and 2004, women's track
and field in 2001, women's volleyball in 2002 and 2004,
women's golf in 2003 and football in 2003 and 2004), plus 32 conference crowns, and almost annually has finished in the Top 10 (among
the 323 Division I universities) in the Sears Directors’ Cup all-sports
standings.
• USC won the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, a year-long all-sports
competition between Troy and crosstown rival UCLA, in the 2001-02
inaugural season and again in 2003-04.
• Fundraising (reaching a record $25-plus million in 2003-04) and
corporate sponsorships, merchandising and licensing (to more than $4
million in 2003-04) have skyrocketed.
• He has undertaken the biggest building program in the history of
USC athletics, including the $3 million Galen Center (a dining/activity
center), a 3,000-square-foot addition to the weight room, a 3,000-seat
track and field stadium, expansion of the tennis stadium and football
practice field, a new women’s soccer practice field, a short-game golf
practice facility, an addition to baseball's Dedeaux Field, and a planned
10,000-seat Galen Events Center (for basketball and volleyball), set to
open for the 2006-07 season.
• He has added two women’s teams (soccer and water polo),
elevated women's rowing from a club to intercollegiate sport, and
awarded 42 more women’s scholarships (at an annual cost of $1.8
million) so that USC provides the maximum number of women's
scholarships permitted by the NCAA.
• Official NCAA graduation rates for USC student-athletes reached
an all-time high in 1996 (71%) and have averaged near or above the
national rate over the past nine years; the 2001 graduation rate for the
Trojan football team was at an all-time high 82%. There have been nine
NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners, fourNational Football Foundation Scholar-Athletes and a USC valedictorian under Garrett.
• He has hired 16 head coaches and Trojan coaches have been
named National Coaches of the Year nine times and Conference
Coaches of the Year 22 times under his watch.
He was a member of the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's
Track and Field Committee.
Garrett, 61, became the seventh African-American athletic director at a major Division I-A institution. In 2003, he was named one of
"Southern California's 25 Most Influential Executives in Sports" by the
Los Angeles Business Journal (ranking sixth) and one of the nation's
"101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports" by Sports Illustrated (ranking
49th). He rose to 21st in SI's 2004 poll (the highest of any collegiate
executive). In 2005, he was named one of the “50 Most Powerful
African Americans in Sports” by Black Enterprise magazine and was
ranked fifth among the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Los Angeles’
Most Powerful Sports Executives.”
Garrett previously had served as USC’s associate athletic director
since December of 1990. In that role, he was responsible for the athletic
department's budget, personnel, contract compliance and corporate
sponsorships. He also handled day-to-day supervision of five men’s
sports — volleyball, golf, tennis, swimming and water polo.
Prior to joining the USC staff, he was director of business devel-
opment for the Great Western Forum (1988-90), including its highly-successful boxing program.
Earlier in his career, he worked for the San Diego
district attorney’s office and as a youth counselor, held
management positions in the retail, construction and real
estate industries, did color commentary on USC football
telecasts, and ran for Congress (1982) and San Diego
City Council (1983).
Garrett has been involved in community affairs
since his days at USC. While in college, he helped found
the Cool-Head Program, an organization that met with
youth groups to try to offset racial tensions in Los
Angeles, and volunteered at the MacLaren Children’s
Center, a home for abused children.
He helped establish the East Los Angeles Youth
Activities Foundation in 1989, a community-based group that ran
boxing/educational clubs as a gang-intervention program.
In 1996, he received the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pasadena's
“Youth Partnership Award.”
He is on the Board of Directors of First American Bank.
Born April 12, 1944 in East Los Angeles, Garrett was a prep AllAmerican at that neighborhood’s Roosevelt High.
As a student at USC, Garrett set the standard for the modern-era
“I” formation Trojan tailbacks. He was a two-time All-American (196465) who set 14 NCAA, conference and USC records in his 3-year
career, including a then-NCAA career rushing mark of 3,221 yards and
a then-USC season mark of 1,440 yards in 1965. He was the first Trojan
since 1927 to run for 1,000 yards in a season.
A versatile athlete, he also started at cornerback for the Trojans
and was an All-League outfielder for USC’s baseball team (he hit .309
in 1965 and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles
Dodgers).
Garrett played eight seasons (1966-73) in the NFL with the
Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers, becoming the first player
to rush for 1,000 yards for 2 teams. An All-Pro, he played in Super
Bowls I and IV.
Garrett was inducted into the National Football Foundation’s
College Football Hall of Fame in 1985 and won the NCAA's prestigious
Silver Anniversary Award in 1990. He was a charter member of USC’s
Athletic Hall of Fame, which he founded in 1994. He was inducted into
the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame in 2004.
Garrett graduated from USC in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in
sociology and earned a law degree from Western State University
College of Law in Fullerton, Calif., in 1986.
Garrett and his wife, Suzanne, have four children, Sara, 23, a 2004
graduate of USC, and Daniel, 19, a USC sophomore, and newborn
twins, Michael and John.
Danielle Martinez-Galvan serves as Garrett’s executive assistant.
USC Athletic Directors
Willis O. Hunter*
Jess Hill*
John McKay
1926-57
1957-72
1972-75
Richard Perry*
Mike McGee
Mike Garrett
1975-84
1984-93
1993-
*Member of National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame
Note: Records are unclear prior to Hunter’s tenure. One reference source listed William
Clay as “athletic manager” in 1909 and cited him as USC’s first A.D. Another source listed
Elmer Henderson as football coach and athletic director from 1919 to 1924. Still another
source said “graduate managers” were akin to athletic directors and listed Warren Bovard,
Henry Bruce, Gwynn Wilson (1921-30) and Arnold Eddy (1930 and on) in that role (that
source also claimed Eddy was athletic director in 1941-44).
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USC • Athletic Dept. Staff
Carol Dougherty
Senior Associate
Athletic Director
Promoted to senior associate athletic
director in April of 2002 and became
senior women’s associate athletic director
in 2005...Named an associate athletic
director in fall of 2000...Responsible for
the coordination and supervision of the planning, design and construction of the Galen Center, USC's new multi-purpose events center...Will
be the managing director of the 10,258-seat facility which will house the
men's and women's basketball and volleyball programs, as well as
provide a venue for concerts, theatrical productions, family shows,
lectures, cultural events, convocations/commencements, and local high
school and city athletic championships...Oversees the athletic
department's corporate sales and marketing operations...Administers
day-to-day management of women’s basketball, women’s volleyball,
women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field and women’s cross
country...Came to USC in January of 1974 and served as senior
associate dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences from 1980
until joining athletic department...Has been active in, and held various
positions in, campus service organizations...Previously was finance
director at Stanford Hospital from 1969 to 1974...Has a bachelor's
degree in mathematics...Husband, Dennis, is USC's senior vice
president for administration.
(1980-83) in football there, he also lettered in wrestling and
golf...Received bachelor’s degree from Linfield in business and
communications in 1984...Lopes’ research at Penn focused on the
impact of the football program on the strategic goals of the University of
Southern California, a highly reputable research institution...Lopes is
also heavily involved in the community as a Trustee of the Peninsula
Education Foundation and a Board member for the Palos Verdes Little
League...He is married to Helaine, who was an assistant trainer at
USC...They have two children, Jennifer (11) and Matthew (10) and
reside in Palos Verdes Estates...Working with him is Marilee Pischel,
assistant athletic director, and John Henderson, assistant athletic
director in charge of operations and game management.
Steve Lopes
Don Winston
Senior Associate
Athletic Director
Senior Associate
Athletic Director
Promoted to senior associate athletic
director in April of 2002 after being
promoted to associate athletic director in
August of 1995, in charge of athletic
department’s financial affairs, all contract
negotiations and operations...Also handles day-to-day supervision of
women’s soccer, men’s tennis, men’s volleyball, men’s and women’s
golf and women’s rowing...Assists with the day-to-day management of
the football and men’s basketball programs...Is the program coordinator
for the Sports Management Institute, which is a sports management
executive education program sponsored by the universities of Southern
California, Michigan, Texas, Notre Dame, North Carolina and South
Carolina...Served as tournament director for 1994 NCAA Men's
Basketball West Regional...Has worked in USC athletic department for
21 years, first as an assistant strength coach (1984-86), then as an
administrative assistant (1986-89), business manager (1989-91),
finance director (1991-92) and assistant athletic director (199295)...Earned his doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the
University of Pennyslyvania in 2005...Has earned two master’s degrees
from USC, in athletic administration (in 1986) and business administration (in 1991)...Was a 1983 College Division Kodak All-American as an
offensive lineman at Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore...Team won the
NAIA national championship in 1982...His 1982 team was inducted into
the Linfield Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002...Besides lettering four years
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Promoted to senior associate athletic
director in June of 1989... Joined the
athletic staff as associate athletic director
in January of 1983...Director of athletic
development office which raised funds for
the Galen Center and includes all support
groups, major gifts and endowments...Helped athletic department raise
more than $190 million and guided athletic endowment growth to nearly
$110 million (among the tops in the nation)...Helped athletic department
raise 40% over its goal in USC's recently-completed Campaign For
Excellence...In 1999, he was named the university division Fundraiser
of the Year by the National Association of Athletic Development
Directors...Also handles day-to-day supervision of baseball (he
previously also handled men's golf, tennis, volleyball and water
polo)...Inducted into USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003...Came to USC
in 1974 as director of development for College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences...Named assistant vice president for development in
1982...Was director of development at Davidson College for 4 years,
associate director of development at Whitman College for 3 years, and
assistant director of development at Pomona College for 5 years...Spent
3 years with United California Bank in their branch management training
program...Graduated in 1958 from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where he
played varsity baseball...Obtained a master’s degree in liberal arts from
USC...Jill Dennis is his administrative assistant.
USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
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Dr. Magdi El Shahawy
Dr. Brandon Martin
Associate
Athletic Director
Associate
Athletic Director
Promoted to associate athletic director in
May of 2002...Promoted to Director of
Student-Athlete Academic Services
(SAAS) in January of 2002 after serving
as interim director since Fall of 2001 …
Handles day-to-day supervision of the SAAS center...Joined USC in
August of 2000 as associate director of SAAS … Came to USC after
serving as senior associate director for the Student Athlete Support Staff
at Michigan State (1999-2000)… Prior to that, he served as the
academic advisor for Florida State’s football team from 1994 to1999 …
Earned a doctorate degree in sport administration from Florida State in
1999 … Worked at Florida State as a graduate assistant in the
compliance office (1993-94) … Was a three-year varsity letterman on
Florida State’s football team (1986-89), playing nose guard (the
Seminoles finished ranked in the nation's Top 3 each year) … Missed
his senior season with a back injury … Earned bachelor's degree in
economics and political science from Florida State in 1991...Is assisted
in SAAS by John Soldate, Monica Morita, Allah-mi Allen, Christina
Rivera, Cassidy Raher, Austin Lee, Willie Brown, Donna Heinel, Jennifer
Castro, Mimi Butler, Denise Kwok, Claudia Saddul and Michelle Boon.
Promoted associate athletic director in
May of 2005...Responsible for studentathlete admissions and initial eligibility,
sport administration for men’s and
women’s swimming and diving, men’s and
women’s water polo, and shares administrative men’s and womens track and field duties with Carol Dougherty.
Brandon also works with the athletic development on various support
group projects. Named assistant athletic director in January of 2003, in
charge of student-athlete admissions...Came to USC in 1999, first
serving as a management intern in various campus departments, then
named admissions coordinator in Student-Athlete Academic Services in
2000...Was a 4-year (1993-96) letterwinning guard on USC's basketball
team, starting his final 3 seasons and serving as team captain the last 2
years...Led USC to NIT appearances in 1993 (quarterfinals) and
1994...Finished his career among Troy's Top 20 scorers (1,070 points),
while averaging 10.2 points...Won an Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Award in
1996 (from Black Issues in Higher Education magazine)...Has
bachelor's (1996) and master's (2001) degrees in education from USC
and is currently working on his doctorate in education at USC...Played
professionally in China, Venezuela and Spain...Starred at Reseda's
Cleveland High and then at Washington High, where he was a Top 30
prep recruit and played in the prestigious Roundball Classic all-star
game...Earned three degrees from the Rossier School of Education,
bachelors (1996), master’s (2002) and doctorate (2005). He was also
recipient of the “Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award” in the
School of Education.
Jose Eskenazi
Ron Orr
Associate
Athletic Director
Associate
Athletic Director
Promoted to associate athletic director in
July of 2005. In May of 2003, Jose joined
the USC Athletic Department as assistant
athletic director responsible for corporate
sponsorship, strategic partnerships and
trademarks and licensing for athletics...Additionally, Jose oversees the
USC Athletics website and radio broadcast properties...Spent the
previous five years (1998-2003) at the Los Angeles Times , as an
Event Project Manager, and was promoted to Department Manager of
Consumer Events in March 2000...His team produced events such as
the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and Kid City…Before that, he
spent nearly five years (1994-1998) with Nike, Inc., first as the Nike
campus representative for USC…Later became a project manager for
Nike Sports Entertainment, where he was involved in producing global
sporting events like the Tiger Woods Invitational, The Brazil World
Tour, Nike Hoop Heroes, The Nike Cup and the Nike Hoop
Summit…Obtained his bachelor’s degree in marketing from USC in
1996, and began his career in sports marketing as a marketing intern
in the Athletic Department…Is assisted by DeSha Runnels (Corporate
Sponsorship Manager) and Melanie Moreno (Sales & Marketing
Coordinator).
Promoted to associate athletic director in
August of 1995...Handles all annual
giving operations...Joined the USC
athletic development office in 1984 as
assistant athletic director (was promoted
to senior assistant athletic director in 1993) after spending year-and-ahalf with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee...Was venue
manager of all swimming, diving and synchronized swimming events at
USC’s Olympic Swim Stadium during 1984 Games...Was a 6-time USC
All-American swimmer (he was second in the 1650-yard freestyle at the
1975 and 1976 NCAA meets) and once held the school record for the
1650-yard freestyle...Was a USC assistant swim coach for 2 years after
receiving his degree in 1978 in marketing and
management...Established “Swim with Mike,” a fundraising swim-a-thon
that has raised more than $5.5 million for physically challenged athletes
and provided scholarships to more than 54 recipients at universities
throughout the country...Received President's Award for Staff
Achievement at USC in 1992...Was associate director of USC’s annual
giving office from 1979 to 1983...Is a noted national speaker on alcohol
and drug education...Samantha Tulin is his administrative assistant.
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USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
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John Henderson
Marilee Pischel
Assistant
Athletic Director
Assistant
Athletic Director
Named assistant athletic director in
charge of operations and game management in spring of 2000 after spending
previous 3 years (1997-99) as athletic
department's director of operations...In
charge of all athletic department operations and game management functions...Also works closely on projects
with senior associate A.D. Steve Lopes...Was an assistant coach with
the USC women's basketball team for 2 seasons (1996-97)...Was a
women's basketball assistant at Pacific for 3 seasons (1993-95) and a
graduate assistant with the San Diego State women's basketball squad
for 2 years (1991-92)...Also was an administrative assistant with San
Diego State's men's basketball team in 1992...Earned his bachelor's
degree in physical education from San Diego State in 1989...Was on
basketball and track teams at El Camino Real High in Woodland Hills
and was on track team at Los Angeles Valley Junior College...Is a high
school and junior college basketball referee...Began working with the
Tournament of Roses for the Rose Bowl in 2004 as Game ManagerTeam Operations...Is assisted at USC by Ryan Maier and Rosa
Andrade, assistant directors of game management...Lives in Hewhall
with wife Stacey and son Jeremy (8) and daughter Kenna (4).
Named assistant athletic director in
charge of human resources and personnel
in July 2005...Began at USC in February
1992 as an assistant in game management, working for men’s and women’s
volleyball and women’s basketball...Has been involved with the USC
“Swim with Mike” charity fundraising swim-a-thon since she arrived at
USC...She was promoted to Business Manager in the athletic department in 1995, adding on the responsibilities of human resources and
payroll...Prior to joining the Trojans, Pischel worked at Greg Smith &
Associates public relations firm in Santa Ana...Prior to that, she worked
for the Intercommunications advertising agency in Newport
Beach...Earned her bachelor’s in business from USC in 1987...Played
high school basketball and softball at Corona del Mar H.S....Married her
husband Bob in 2002...She is assisted by Isaac Flores and Andrea
Katz, assistant business managers.
Jennifer Noriega
Teresa Verbeck
Assistant
Athletic Director
Assistant
Athletic Director
Promoted to director of special events in
fall of 2001...Responsible for all athletic
department special events and donor
services, primarily working with the
Scholarship Club and the Baseball
Diamond Club...Also is advisor to Trojan Dance Force...Promoted to
director of marketing services in summer of 2000...Named manager of
marketing services in September of 1996, handling trademarks and
licensing for USC athletics, as well as marketing activities for USC’s
Olympic sports...Also coordinated all Kid's Corner programs at USC
sporting events...Worked at a physical therapy clinic for 2 years (199496)...Served as an intern with the USC football office and a student
trainer from 1991 until 1994...Received bachelor’s degree in physiology
from USC in 1994.
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Promoted to assistant athletic director in
August of 2001, responsible for women's
athletic development and car dealer
program...Joined athletic department in
the summer of 1999 as director of special
events, handling all athletic department
special events and donor services, primarily working with the Scholarship Club...Spent previous 3 years (1996-99) as an event manager for
StarGames, a sports marketing firm...For 2 years (1994-96) before that,
was an administrative assistant to the USC coaches of baseball,
swimming, water polo and golf...Worked in the USC athletic department
as a student intern during undergraduate days...Received bachelor's
degree in public administration from USC in 1994 (with a minor in sports
studies), then a master's degree in education from USC in 2003.
USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
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Craig Kelley
Tim Tessalone
Director
of Marketing
Sports
Information Director
Named Director of Marketing in 2005 after
serving as the event marketing manager
since 2001... His duties include writing
and executing marketing plans for revenue
generating sports...He directs all advertising for athletic department including print, radio, television, billboards,
internet and direct mail...In charge of overseeing design and production
of all marketing materials, including season ticket brochures, football
and basketball season tickets, ticket promotion mailers, posters and
schedule cards...He manages the official athletic department web site
and oversees game day marketing, including pregame, halftime and
postgame events...Created VictorEmail (victory mail), an e-mail
distribution program used to generate sales and promote USC
athletics...Graduated from Cal State Northridge in 1999 with a degree in
television prucuction...After graduation, he started working for a publicity
company in the San Fernando Valley and then was recruited to USC
Athletics as the Event Marketing Manager.
Named sports information director in
February of 1984 after serving as an
assistant SID at USC since 1979...Has the
longest tenure of any SID in USC
history...Taught a "Sports Public Relations"
class in USC's School of Journalism for six years (1991-96)...Served on
the press operations staff at the 1984 Olympics and 1994 World
Cup...Has been a media coordinator at 14 various NCAA, Pac-10 and
MPSF championships hosted by USC...Has worked 17 football bowl
games with the Trojans, including six Rose Bowls...Had attended 243
consecutive USC football games from 1980 until missing 2000 Notre
Dame contest because of broken ribs...Was a student assistant in the
Trojan sports information office in 1977, then worked two years at
Harshe-Rotman & Druck, an international public relations
agency...Graduated in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in public relations
from USC, where he was director of the Student News Bureau as a
senior...The sports information staff also includes assistants Darcy
Couch (formerly of The Big West, USA Water Polow and the Contra
Costa Times), Paul Goldberg (a former sports editor of the Daily Trojan
and editor of USC Report, a fan newspaper), Jason Pommier (formerly
with the Los Angeles Kings and Cal State Fullerton) and Dave Tuttle
(formerly of the L.A. Dodgers and a USC alumnus).
Joe Schrimpl
Director
of Video Operations
Came to USC in the summer of 2000 as
director of video operations...Recipient of
the 2004 Bob Matey National Video
Coordinator of the Year Award given by
the Collegiate Sports Video Association...
Named 2004 Pac-10 Video Coordinator of the Year, also earning the
honors for the 2003 season as Pac-10 Co-Video Coordinator of the
Year...Previously was the assistant video coordinator at Miami for two
years (1998-2000)...Before that, while an undergraduate at Drake, spent
four years (1994-98) handling a variety of production duties in the
school’s Teleproduction Center...During that time, also was the video
coordinator for the football team for a year (1997-98)...As a senior at
Drake, served as producer/director for the Kurt Kanaskie Television
Show...Received his bachelor’s degree in radio/television production
from Drake in 1998...Is assisted by David Scott, Rich Rodriguez and
Daryl Lundy...Wife’s name is Natalie, and they were married in July of
2005.
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USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
2005-2006 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL
Chris Carlisle
Dino Dennis
Strength
and Conditioning Coach
Head
Equipment Manager
Chris Carlisle is in his fifth year as USC’s
head strength and conditioning coach...He
joined the Trojan program in February of
2001...USC played in the 2001 Las Vegas
Bowl, 2003 Orange Bowl, 2004 Rose Bowl
and and 2005 Orange Bowl (BCS Championship Game.)...He came to
USC from Tennessee, where he was the associate head strength and
conditioning coach for 3 years (1998-2000)...The Volunteer football
team won the 1998 national title and Southeastern Conference
championship...Carlisle, 43, began his career as the head football
coach and strength coach at Dodge (Neb.) High in 1985...He then spent
6 seasons (1986-91) as the offensive coach and strength coach at
Blytheville (Ark.) High...He next was a strength and conditioning
graduate assistant coach at Arkansas for 2 years (1992-93) before
becoming the head football coach and strength coach at Subiaco (Ark.)
Academy, a college prep school, for 4 seasons (1993-96)...He spent
1997 as the offensive coach and strength coach at Trinity Valley
Community College in Athens, Tex. (Trinity was the NJCAA national
champion that season)...After playing offensive line at North Iowa Area
Community College in Mason City, Ia., in 1980, he was a 3-year (198183) starting offensive lineman at Chadron (Neb.) State College, earning
All-Area honors...He earned his bachelor’s degree in education from
Chadron State in 1985 and a master’s degree in history from Arkansas
in 1997...He prepped at Mason City (Ia.) High, where he starred in
football...He was born on Aug. 7, 1962...He learned he had Hodgkin’s
Disease in December of 2000, began radiation treatments in Tennessee
(where he was still the Volunteers’ associate strength and conditioning
coach), was hired by USC in February of 2001, kept his illness a secret
except to Trojan head coach Peter Carroll, continued treatments in
Tennessee and at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and
Hospital, then doctors told him in the summer of 2001 that the cancer
was in remission...He informed the USC players of his ordeal at the
start of fall 2001 camp. He was one of 17 nominees for the 2003 Most
Courageous Award presented by the Football Writers Association of
America...He and his wife, Louon, have a son, Alex, 6...He is assisted
by Jamie Yanchar, Gary Uribe and Charr Gahagan.
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Named head athletic equipment manager
in March of 1990 after serving as assistant
at USC for the previous 3 years...Has 26
years of experience in the field...Is vice
president of Athletic Equipment Managers
Association (previously served in that position from 1995 to 2000)...Was
assistant at Riverside (Calif.) City College for 4 years (1970-73), head
equipment manager and trainer at Sunnyvale (Calif.) High in 1973, head
equipment manager and trainer at Mt. San Jacinto (Calif.) Junior
College in 1974, and assistant at California for 4 years (1975-78)...Then
became an administrative assistant in the department of kinesiology
and physical education at Cal State Hayward for 5 years (1978-82) and
was in private business from 1982-87 before coming to USC...Attended
Riverside City College, Cal Poly Pomona and San Jose State...Wife, Jill,
is an administrative assistant in the USC athletic department...Works
with David Scott, director of equipment operations, and is assisted by
Greg Allen (assistant football equipment coordinator, men's basketball
and track equipment coordinator), Jim Davis and Tino Dominguez
(football equipment coordinator).
Russ Romano
Director of Athletic Training
and Head Trainer
Returned to USC in July of 1998 as
director of athletic training and head
athletic trainer...Was an assistant trainer
at USC for 4 years (1993-96), working
with the football and men’s basketball
teams...Then was an assistant trainer at UCLA in 1997, working with the
football and men’s track teams...Also was a graduate assistant trainer at
San Diego State for 2 years (1991-92), working with the football team,
and the head student trainer at San Diego Mesa College for 2 years
(1989-90)...Received an A.A. degree from Southwestern Community
College in Chula Vista (Calif.) in 1986, plus a bachelor’s degree (1989)
in physical education and a master’s degree (1993) in biomechanics
from San Diego State...Is a certified member of the National Athletic
Trainers Association and the California Athletic Trainers Association...Is
assisted by assistant athletic trainers Sue Lerner, Mark Pocinich,
Sandra Olsen, Paul Diaz and Emily McClellan.
USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
2005-2006 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL
University Personnel
Noel Ragsdale
Keith Miller
Faculty
Athletic Representative
Director
of Compliance
Took over in May of 1993 after serving as
interim faculty athletic representative in
1992-93...Since 1983, has been a clinical
professor in USC Law Center, specializing
in the areas of poverty and
employment...In charge of certifying the
academic eligibility of all USC student-athletes, as well as interpreting
rules of the Pacific-10 and NCAA...Is member of NCAA Infractions
Appeal Committee...Was member of NCAA Academics/Eligibility/
Compliance Cabinet and chair of the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee...Was chairperson of the Pacific-10 Compliance and
Enforcement Committee...Served as president of the Pacific-10 for
1995-96...USC’s voting member at Pacific-10 and NCAA
conventions...Was a lawyer at Munger, Tolles & Olson law firm from
1977-83...Also served as a law clerk for a federal judge in the Southern
District of New York...Received her law degree from Boalt Hall School of
Law at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976...After getting a
bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1967, worked in a variety of
positions, including researcher/reporter for Newsweek magazine...She
is assisted by compliance directors Keith Miller and Sara Griffin, and
coordinator Jill Theeler.
Was promoted to USC's director of
compliance in May of 2002 after serving
as assistant director of compliance since
August of 2001...Works with faculty
athletic representative Noel Ragsdale, Codirector of compliance Sara Griffin and Compliance Coordinator Jill
Theeler in certifying the academic eligibility of all USC student-athletes
and interpreting the rules of the Pacific-10 and NCAA...Also involved in
NCAA rules education with student-athletes, staff, faculty, boosters and
parents...Came to USC from Marquette, where he was assistant director
of compliance the previous year...Before that, served most of 2000 as
an intern in the Wisconsin-Whitewater athletic department...Earned his
bachelor's degree in English from Marquette in 1998, then a law degree
from Marquette in 2001 and a sports law certificate from the National
Sports Law Institute in Milwaukee in 2001...Became a member of the
Wisconsin bar in 2001...Owned a disc jockey business while a student
at Marquette.
Sara Griffin
Director
of Compliance
Was promoted to director of compliance in
August of 2003 after serving as assistant
director of compliance since June of 2002
…Works with faculty athletic representative Noel Ragsdale, Co-director of
Compliance Keith Miller and Compliance
Coordinator Jill Theeler in certifying the academic eligibility of all USC
student-athletes and interpreting the rules of the Pacific-10 and NCAA.
Also involved in NCAA rules education with student-athletes, staff,
faculty, boosters and parents ... Came to USC from the Ohio State
University, where she was a graduate assistant in the compliance
office. She worked there while completing her Master’s Degree is sports
management , which she received in March of 2002 … Prior to
attending graduate school, Griffin served as the first assistant softball
coach at Utah (1999-00), where she helped lead the Utes to the
Mountain West Conference championship … The previous year, she
was the second assistant softball coach at Arizona State (1998-99),
where she helped guide the Sun Devils to a seventh-place finish at the
College World Series … A 1998 graduate of Michigan with a degree in
communication, she was a three-time All-American pitcher on the
Wolverines’ softball team (1995-97, 1998), which played in the College
World Series all four years in which she was in school … She was the
recipient of the Suzy Favor Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year in 1998
and was named Michigan’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1996 in 1998
… She earned Big Ten first team honors in 1995 , 1996 and 1998, was
Big Ten Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996, and was Big Ten Pitcher
of the Year in 1998 … She was a finalist for the Honda Award in 1998
and holds many Michigan pitching and hitting records … Griffin, who
also participated in the U.S. Olympic tryouts for softball, is originally
from Simi Valley, Calif.
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USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
2005-2006 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL
Allah-mi Allen
Greg Allen
Rosa Andrade
Bryan Bailey
Michelle Boon
Willie Brown
SAAS Assistant Director
Assistant Equipment
Manager
Assistant Director
of Game Management
Assistant Strength and
Conditioning
Assistant to the Director
of SAAS
Academic
Monitor
Mimi Butler
Jennifer Castro
Gwen Clementin
Leslie Cordova
Jim Davis
Jill Dennis
Learning
Specialistr
Learning Specialist/
Tutorial Coordinator
Administrative
Assistant – Track and
Field
Assistant Strength and
Conditioning
Assistant Equipment
Manager
Administrative Assistant
– Development
Paul Diaz
Assistant
Athletic Trainer
Tino Dominguez
Isaac Flores
Assistant
Business Manager
Irene Garza
Football
Receptionist
Tiffany Grommon
Ebony Hall
Administrative Assistant
– Baseball
Administrative
Asstistant –
Women’s Basketball
Donna Heinel
Joyce Hirayama
Administrative
Assistant – Football
Assistant Student
Services Coordinator
Assistant Equipment
Manager
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Andrea Katz
Mindy Kuhl
Denise Kwok
Austin Lee
Assistant
Business Manager
Marketing and Events
Coordinator
Learning Specialist
Academic Counselor
USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
2005-2006 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL
Sue Lerner
Daryl Lundy
Ryan Maier
Assistant
Athletic Trainer
I.T. Coordinator
Assistant Director of
Game Management
Rebecca Morin
Monica Morita
Receptionist/Office
Assistant
Director of Student
Services
Sandra Olsen
Assistant
Athletic Trainer
DeSha Runnels
Claudia Saddul
John Soldate
Manager of Corporate
Services
Learning Specialist
Associate Director
of SAAS
Kathleen Wallace
Jamie Yanchar
Assistant Director
– Development
Danielle
Martinez-Galvan
Executive
Assistant to Athletic
Director Mike Garrett
Emily McClellan
Melanie Moreno
Assistant
Athletic Trainer
Marketing Coordinator
Cassidy Raher
Christina Rivera
Annette Robbins
Academic Counselor
SAAS Assistant Director
Administrative Assistant
– Kennedy Building
Jill Theeler
Coordinator of
Compliance
Samantha Tulin
Administrative
Assistant
Gary Uribe
Assistant Strength
and Conditioning
Assistant Strength/
Conditioning
2005-2006 • 159 • USC BASKETBALL
USC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
2005-2006 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL
USC HEAD COACHES (not including men’s basketball)
Ron Allice
Kelly Babraj
Zenon Babraj
Pete Carroll
M/W Track & Field
Women’s Rowing
Women’s Rowing
Football
Turhan Douglas
Richard Gallien
Andrea Gaston
Mike Gillespie
Men’s Volleyball
Women’s Tennis
Women’s Golf
Baseball
Mick Haley
Jim Millinder
Women’s Soccer
Mark Schubert
M/W Swimming & Diving
Kurt Schuette
Peter Smith
Mark Trakh
Jovan Vavic
Tom Walsh
Men’s Tennis
Women’s Basketball
M/W Water Polo
Women’s Cross Country
Women’s Volleyball
2005-2006 • 160 • USC BASKETBALL
Men’s Golf
USC • Athletic Dept.
(All numbers are area code 213 unless noted)
ADMINISTRATION (740-3843)
Athletic Director: Mike Garrett
Senior Associate Directors: Carol Dougherty, Steve Lopes
Associate Director: Brandon Martin
Assistant Director: John Henderson, Marilee Pischel
Assistant Directors of Game Management: Rosa Andrade (740-3350),
Ryan Maier (740-3845)
Assistant Business Managers: Isaac Flores, Andrea Katz
I.T. Coordinator: Daryl Lundy
Executive Assistant to Athletic Director: Danielle Martinez-Galvan
Receptionist/Office Assistant: Rebecca Morin
Ticket Office Director: Mike Prenger (740-4672)
DEVELOPMENT (740-4155)
Senior Associate Director: Don Winston
Associate Director: Ron Orr
Assistant Director: Jennifer Noriega, Teresa Verbeck.
Assistant Director of Development: Kathleen Wallace
Administrative Assistants: Jill Dennis, Samantha Tulin
STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC SERVICES (740-3801)
Associate Athletic Director: Dr. Magdi El Shahawy
Associate Director: John Soldate
Assistant Director: Allah-mi Allen, Christina Rivera
Academic Counselor: Cassidy Raher, Austin Lee
Learning Specialst/Tutorial Coordinator: Jennifer Castro
Learning Specialsts: Mimi Butler, Denise Kwok, Claudia Saddul
Academic Monitor: Willie Brown
Director of Student Services: Monica Morita
Assistant Director Student Services/Admissions Coord.: Donna Heinel
Assistant to the Director: Michelle Boon
MARKETING (740-4170)
Associate Athletic Director: Jose Eskenazi
Director of Marketing: Craig Kelley
Manager of Corporate Services: DeSha Runnels
Marketing and Events Coordinator: Mindy Kuhl
Sales and Marketing Coordinator: Melanie Moreno
TRAINING ROOM (740-5845)
Assistant A.D. Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer: Russ Romano
Assistant Athletic Trainers: Mark Pocinich (men’s basketball), Sue Lerner,
Paul Diaz, Emily McClellan, Sandra Olsen
Trainer: TBA
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING (740-7990)
Head Coach: Chris Carlisle
Assistants: Charr Gahagan (men’s basketball), Bryan Bailey, Leslie Cordova,
Gary Uribe, Jamie Yanchar
VIDEO OPERATIONS (740-6803)
Director: Joe Schrimpl
Assistant: Chris Hanaford, David Scott
EQUIPMENT (740-7862)
Director of Equipment Operations: David Scott
Manager: Dino Dennis
Assistants: Greg Allen, Jim Davis, Tino Dominguez
University Personnel
Faculty Athletic Representative: Noel Ragsdale
Directors of Compliance: Keith Miller (740-3833), Sara Griffin (740-3832)
USC Athletics Head Coaches
— Men’s:
BASEBALL: Mike Gillespie (740-5762)
BASKETBALL: Tim Floyd (740-3815)
FOOTBALL: Pete Carroll (740-4204)
GOLF: Kurt Schuette (740-8444)
SWIMMING/DIVING: Mark Schubert/Hongping Li (740-8444)
TENNIS: Peter Smith (740-3829)
TRACK & FIELD: Ron Allice (740-4201)
VOLLEYBALL: Turhan Douglas (740-3838)
WATER POLO: Jovan Vavic (740-8444)
— Women’s:
BASKETBALL: Mark Trakh (740-7204)
CROSS COUNTRY: Tom Walsh (821-2171)
GOLF: Andrea Gaston (740-5421)
ROWING: Kelly and Zenon Babraj (740-3830)
SOCCER: Jim Millinder (740-3849)
SWIMMING/DIVING: Mark Schubert/Hongping Li (740-8444)
TENNIS: Richard Gallien (740-3828)
TRACK & FIELD: Ron Allice (740-4201)
VOLLEYBALL: Mick Haley (740-4151)
WATER POLO: Jovan Vavic (740-8444)
Sports Information
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: (740-8480)
Tim Tessalone, Home (310-540-7052)
ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS: (740-8480)
Darcy Couch, Home (925-360-7733); Paul Goldberg, Home (310-475-6841);
Jason Pommier, Home (310-406-0696); David Tuttle, Home (626-351-1632)
SPORTS INFORMATION FAX NUMBER: (740-7584)
Fax Numbers
Administration: 740-1306; Baseball: 740-5479; Compliance: 740-6744;
Equipment Room: 740-9864; Football: 740-6665; Kennedy Building
(Men’s and Women’s Golf, Swimming, Water Polo and Women’s Soccer): 7406177; Men’s Basketball: 740-7586; Operations/Game Management:
821-1075; Sports Information: 740-7584; Student-Athlete Academic
Services: 740-4407; Ticket Office: 740-4300; Training Room: 740-0504;
Weight Room: 821-3142; Women’s Basketball: 740-7380
www.usctrojans.com
TEAM PHYSICIANS
Head Team Physician: James Tibone, M.D. (800-USC-CARE)
Associate Team Physicians: Michael Apuzzo, John Brodhead, Alan Erlbaum,
John Itamura, Mark Lurie, John Meyer, Mike O’Donnell, Steve Reischl, Ramon
Roges, Chester Semel, Francis Te, Thomas Vangsness, Robert Watkins
IT'S NOT ‘SOUTHERN CAL’
Note to the media: In references to athletic teams of the University of
Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, So. California, Troy and Trojans for men’s or women’s teams, and
Women of Troy for women’s teams. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal
(it’s like calling San Francisco “Frisco” or North Carolina “North Car.”).
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Media • Information
Press Credentials: Direct all inquiries to Tim Tessalone, Sports
USC Practices: USC’s men’s basketball practice sessions are
Information Director, USC Heritage Hall Room 103, Los Angeles, California 90089-0601, (213) 740-8480. Information about radio and television
broadcasting rights can also be obtained from Tim Tessalone. If the
request is made seven days prior to the game, the credentials will be
mailed, otherwise credentials can be picked up at Will Call on the south
side of the Sports Arena beginning two hours prior to tip-off.
generally closed. The Trojans usually practice on campus at the North
Gym (in the Physical Education Building). However, USC does hold
several practice sessions at the Sports Arena.
Telephones: Contact Manny Rodriguez at (818) 894-5423 or Leo
Caudillo (213) 765-6353 to order phone service at the Sports Arena.
Facsimile: A FAX machine provided by the USC Sports Information
Office is available in the press section. Service is provided on a first-come,
first-serve basis at no charge.
Tim Floyd Luncheons: Coach Tim Floyd holds a media
luncheon generally every Monday or Tuesday of the season in the Varsity
Lounge at Heritage Hall on the USC campus. Luncheon times are subject
to change, so please contact the Sports Information Office first. Contact
the Sports Information Office at (213) 740-8480 for more information.
Los Angeles Sports Arena: The Los Angeles Memorial
Sports Arena is located approximately 15 miles from Los Angeles International Airport (right next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum). Directions: take Century Blvd. east to I-405 north; exit to I-10 east (toward Los
Angeles) to I-110 South; exit and turn right onto Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd.; go 1/4 mile and turn right on Hoover into the entrance; the Sports
Arena will be on the right. Or take I-405 south to I-105 (toward Norwalk)
east to I-110 north (toward Pasadena/Los Angeles) and exit at King Blvd.
(see maps on pages 154 and 155).
Player Interviews: All requests for player interviews should be
directed to Dave Tuttle, Assistant Sports Information Director (213) 7408480. Please make your requests at least 48 hours in advance. Media
members may interview players after USC’s practice sessions (either at
the North Gym or the Sports Arena) or during a class break if possible. No
interviews will be granted on the day of a game or prior to practice and
under no circumstances are players available for interviews by calling
them in their dorm rooms or apartments. Players are instructed not to grant
any telephone or face-to-face interviews unless arrangements are made
through the USC Sports Information Office.
Coach Interviews: All requests for interviews with Tim Floyd and
his staff should be directed to Dave Tuttle, Assistant Sports Information
Director (213) 740-8480.
Game Services:
All members of the working media will be
supplied with a game program, statistics and pregame notes as well as
complimentary food service. Final and halftime statistics will be furnished
along with a play-by-play. USC will also supply post-game quotes from
both head coaches (and players in the event of outstanding individual
performances), in addition to post-game notes.
Will Call: “Will Call” for Trojan basketball games is located at the
Sports Arena Ticket Office on the south side (King Blvd.) of the arena.
Post-Game Interviews: Coaches and player interviews for
USC and the visiting team will be conducted separately and at the
respective locker rooms of each team. The USC locker room will be open
to the media after an appropriate cooling-off period.
Sports Information Staff
Director,
Tim Tessalone
Asst. Director,
Darcy Couch
Asst. Director,
Paul Goldberg
Asst. Director,
Jason Pommier
Asst. Director,
David Tuttle
Pacific-10 Conference Press Rows
SCHOOL
PHONE
Arizona ...................................................... (520) 621-4334
Arizona State ................................... (480) 965-7274/4778
California ................................................... (510) 642-3098
Oregon ............................................. (541) 346-4496/4497
Oregon State ............................................. (541) 737-3020
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SCHOOL
PHONE
Stanford .................................................... (415) 723-4418
UCLA ......................................................... (310) 825-1899
USC ............................... (213) 741-1341/0174
Washington ............................................... (206) 543-2230
Washington State ...................................... (509) 335-2684
L.A. Area • Media Outlets
Newspapers
Los Angeles Times – 202 W. First St., Los Angeles 90012,
(213) 237-7145, fax (213) 237-7876
• Bill Dwyre (S.E.), Paul Gutierrez (beat), T.J. Simers (columnist), J.A.
Adande (columnist), Bill Plaschke (columnist), Diane Pucin (columnist),
Jason Reid (college basketball)
Orange County Register – 625 No. Grand Ave., Santa Ana 92711,
(714) 796-7804 or -7817, fax (714) 796-6765
• Greg Gibson (S.E.), Todd Harmonson (beat), Mark Whicker (columnist),
Steve Bisheff (columnist), Randy Youngman (columnist), Marcia Smith
(columnist)
Daily News (lead member of Los Angeles Newspaper Group) –
21221 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills 91364,
(818) 713-3600 or -3607, fax (818) 713-3436
• (Los Angeles Newspaper Group also includes Long Beach Press-Telegram, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, San Bernardino Sun, Pasadena Star-News, Ontario Daily Bulletin and Whittier Daily
News) Doug Jacobs (Exec. S.E.), Scott Wolf (beat), Kevin Modesti (columnist), Steve Dilbeck (columnist), Tom Hoffarth (columnist)
Long Beach Press-Telegram – 604 Pine Ave., Long Beach 90844,
(562) 499-1330, fax (562) 437-8914
• Jim McCormack (S.E.), Doug Krikorian (columnist), Bob Keisser (columnist), Frank Burlison (college basketball)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune – 1210 North Azusa Canyon Rd., West
Covina 91790,
(626) 962-8811 x2239, fax (626) 856-2758
• Doug Spoon (S.E.), Walter Hammerwold (college beat)
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin – 2041 E. Fourth St., Ontario 91761,
(909) 483-9362, fax (909) 948-9038
• Louis Brewster (S.E.)
San Bernardino Sun – 399 “D” St., San Bernardino 92401,
(909) 889-9666 or 386-3865, fax (909) 384-0327
• Louis Brewster (S.E.), Paul Oberjuerge (columnist)
Riverside Press-Enterprise – 3512 14th St., Riverside 92502,
(951) 368-9533 or (909) 782-7595, fax (909) 782-6009
• Dave Ammenheuser (S.E.), Greg Patton (columnist), Dan Weber (beat)
South Bay Daily Breeze – 5215 Torrance Blvd., Torrance 90509,
(310) 540-5511 or -4201, fax (310) 540-3067
(also includes San Pedro News-Pilot)
• Todd Bailey (S.E.), Phil Collin (football beat), Mike Waldner (columnist),
Chris Jackson (non-football columnist)
Daily Trojan (USC student newspaper – Student Union 404, USC, Los
Angeles 90089-0895, (213) 740-5671, fax (213) 740-5666
• Greg Wagner (S.E.)
Wire Services/Ntl. Publications
Associated Press – 221 So. Figueroa #300, Los Angeles 90012,
(213) 626-1200, fax (213) 346-0200
• Ken Peters (S.E.), Beth Harris, John Nadel
SportsTicker – 11152 Lexington Dr., Los Alamitos 90720,
(562) 431-4374 or 8663, fax (562) 596-0295
• Ron Griffin, Brandon Beukelman, Robert Brooks
USA Today – 10866 Wilshire Blvd. #890, Los Angeles 90024, (310)
882-2400, fax (310) 882-1901
• David Leon Moore
Television Stations
KCBS (CBS affiliate) – 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 90028,
(323) 460-3252, fax (323) 460-3337
• Jim Hill, Steve Hartman, Dave Ramezzano (producer), A.J. Ponsiglione
(producer), Marc Hoffman (producer)
KNBC (NBC affiliate) – 3000 W. Alameda, Burbank 91523,
(818) 840-4237, fax (818) 840-3076
• Fred Roggin, Mario Solis, Kevin LaBeach (producer), Steve Leveton
(producer), Charlie Rosene (producer)
KABC (ABC affiliate) – 500 Circle Seven Dr., Glendale 91201,
(818) 863-7677, fax (818) 863-7889
• Rob Fukuzaki, Curt Sandoval, John Hartung, Stan Radford (senior producer), Dae Ho Suk (producer), Mike Parker (producer)
KTLA (Warner Bros.) – 5800 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 90028,
(323) 460-5500 or -5907, fax (323) 460-5404
• Leila Feinstein, Damon Andrews, Tom Klimasz (producer), Josh Abelson
(producer), Donovan Tar (producer)
KCAL (independent/KCBS) – 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 90028,
(323) 460-3252, fax (323) 460-3337
• Allan Massengale, John Ireland, Scott Henry (producer), Lou Cook (producer), Scott Henry (producer), Armen Keuilian (producer), Renaldo Vela
(producer)
KTTV (Fox) – 1999 So. Bundy Dr., Los Angeles 90025-5235,
(310) 584-2030, fax (310) 584-2450
• Rick Garcia, Jennifer Gould, Rod Cohen (producer), Alphaeus Taylor
(producer), Ray Bell (producer)
KCOP (UPN) – 1999 So. Bundy Dr., Los Angeles 90025-5235,
(310) 584-2030, fax (310) 584-2450
• Steve Jahnke (producer), Solomon Pulgar (producer)
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MEDIA OUTLETS
2005-2006 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL
Cable Television Networks
Radio Stations
FOX Sports Net West/FOX Sports Net West 2 (USC local telecasts, replay, USC Sports Magazine) – 1100 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles
90017, (213) 743-7800 (production) or 763-4646 (news), fax (213) 7634633
• Brad Zager (USC telecast producer), Micah King, Kyle Reischling (Regional producers), Mark Walton (Coordinating producer), Barry LeBrock,
Michael Eaves, Lindsay Soto, Patrick O’Neal (Regional Sports Report anchors), Shawn Kopelakis (Assignment editor), Kelly Jackson (Southern
California Report assignment editor)
KMPC-AM (1540 “The Ticket”) (USC flagship) – 2800 28th St., #308,
Santa Monica 90405, (310) 452-7100, fax (310) 452-8010
(part of The Sporting News Radio Network)
• Rory Markas (play-by-play), Jim Hefner (color), Tim Parker (P.D.); Hosts:
Tony Bruno, Mark Willard, James Brown, Petros Papadakis, Fred Roggin,
Dave Smith; Anchors/Reporters: Jon Jeffries, Pete Arbogast, Steve
DeSaegher, Evan Makovsky; Producers: Craig Larson, Brian Vieria, Jared
Kiemeney, Scott Hodges
USC Athletic Fan Publication
USC Report – P.O. Box 4533, Huntington Beach 92605-4533,
(714) 375-3904 or (800) 526-9307, fax (714) 375-3906
• Dave Daniel (S.E.)
USC Athletic Web Site
FANSonly Network (www.usctrojans.com) – 2035 Corte del Nogal
#200, Carlsbad 92009, (760) 431-8221, fax (760) 431-8108
KNX-AM (1070) – 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 90028,
(323) 460-3562, fax (323) 460-3275
• Steve Grad, Geoff Nathanson, Barry Turnbull, Randy Kerdon
KFWB-AM (980) – 6230 Yucca St., Hollywood 90028,
(323) 525-0980, fax (323) 871-4670
• Joe Cala, Bret Lewis, Ted Sobel, Eric Tracy, Bob Harvey, Bill Seward
KSPN-AM (710) – 3321 So. La Cienega, Los Angeles 90016,
(310) 840-2492, fax (310) 558-5648
• Dave Stone, Todd Donoho, Steve Mason, John Ireland, Rod Van Hook,
David Singer (producer)
KXTA-AM (690/1150) – 3400 W. Olive Ave. #550, Burbank 91505,
(818) 559-2252, fax (818) 729-2511
• Jim Rome, Steve Hartman, Mychal Thompson, Lee Hamilton, Jeff Biggs,
Isaac Lowenkron, Tony Bruno, Lee Klein, Tim Cates (producer), Matt
Gilbranson (producer), Sonn Eidem (producer), Julio Morataya (producer)
XPRS-AM (1090) – 3655 Nobel Dr. #470, San Diego 92122,
(858) 535-2500, fax (858), 453-8377
• Scott Kaplan, Billy Ray Smith, Matt Vasgersian, John Fricke, Mike Costa,
Steve Mason, Bill Werndl, John Kentera, Joe Tutino (producer), Brian
Wilson (producer), Herman Gasaway (producer), Scott Wood (producer)
KDWN-AM (720) (USC Trojan Talk) – P.O. Box 760, Las Vegas, Nev.
89125, (702) 383-8255
• Harvey Hyde, Chuck Hayes
KSCR-FM (USC student station) – DXM, USC, Los Angeles 90089, (213)
740-5727, fax (213) 740-1853
DESMON FARMER INTERVIEWED BY JIM
WATSON AT THE 2003 PAC-10 TOURNAMENT
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ESPN’S BRAD DAUGHERTY INTERVIEWS
JEFF TREPAGNIER AT THE 2001 FINAL FOUR
SLAM DUNK COMPETITION.
USC • Radio Announcers
Rory Markas
Jim Hefner
Radio Play-by-Play
Radio Color Commentary
Rory Markas, the play-by-play announcer for the Anaheim Angels for the
past four seasons, is in his eighth season as the radio play-by-play voice of
USC men’s basketball.
He also is a news and sports reporter for KTTV FOX (Channel 11) in
Los Angeles.
Markas spent the previous four
years (1995-98) doing radio play-byplay and color for the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers. Before working with the
Clippers, he did play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers on television for three seasons (1992-94) and as a backup on radio for
eight years (1984-91).
He was the weekend sports anchor at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles for nine years (1989-97) and was also a news reporter at
KTLA-TV in Los Angeles for three years (1995-97).
He has won three Golden Mic awards and numerous A.P.
awards for news and sports coverage. In his career, which began
in 1976, he has also been a sports and news reporter at radio
and television stations in Tucson, Ariz., Las Vegas, Nev., Flagstaff, Ariz., and Rogers, Ark.
Jim Hefner, a former USC assistant
coach and assistant athletic director,
brings considerable on and off the court
experience to his job as he enters his
10th year as the analyst on the USC
men’s basketball broadcasts.
For three years, he was a USC
men’s basketball analyst for ON TV in
Los Angeles and another four years with
Prime Ticket before moving over to radio and the Trojan broadcasts for the
1996-97 season.
Hefner began his association with USC in 1966 as an assistant coach to Bob Boyd on the varsity team, and as the head
coach of the Trojan freshman team. During the years that Hefner
coached (1966-78), USC enjoyed its greatest basketball success,
including a 24-2 record and No. 2 ranking in 1971. He was also a
tremendous recruiter, bringing in such future college and NBA
stars as Paul Westphal, Ron Riley, Mack Calvin and Bill Hewitt.
After 13 years as a coach, Hefner moved upstairs in Heritage Hall and became an assistant athletic director. During his
10 years (1979-88) in that position, he oversaw operations for the
football, basketball and baseball programs.
He starred in basketball in high school, junior college and
college. Hefner was a two-time all-league guard at both Alhambra
(Calif.) High and Santa Ana (Calif.) Junior College, where Boyd
was the head coach. He then earned Little All-America honors in
1963 and 1964 at Cal Western (now USIU).
Hefner coached the frosh teams at Cal Western and Seattle
University for one year each.
USC Athletics on the Web
The USC athletic department has an official “home page” on
the World Wide Web, featuring current and historical information about Trojan sports. For access, type h t t p : / /
www.usctrojans.com.
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USC • Spirit Squads
USC Song Leaders
Front Row (kneeling, left to right): Erika Mori, Jacquelyn Umof, Natalie Fujii, Kim Clement; Middle Row (l to r): Teni Panosian, Kristen
Zimmer, JulieAnn Luick, Lindsey Emmerson; Back Row (l to r): Jennifer Hanley, Megan Ramer, Natalie Nelson, Anasheh Abramiyan.
Trojan Dance Force
Brandy Adler, Caitlin Anderson, Daphne Areta, Melissa Bulnes, Kara Dingboom, Shyla Grubb, Alex McElroy, Sarah Parnicky,
Chloe Shuetz, Alison Smith, Alexis Spenchian, Heather Toquigny, Morgan Wahl, Haley West and Laura Willens
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USC CAMPUS MAP
2005-2006 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL
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USC Basketball Camps – 2006
800-986-9943
June & July
Elite Camp
Day Camp
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