Coaching History
USC Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for USC.
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Coaches
18
Indexed Record
804-335-40
Best Win %
Pete Carroll 83.6%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Riley | 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 35-18 | 66.0% | 15.5 | #12 |
| Clay Helton | 2013-2021 • 8 seasons | 46-24 | 65.7% | 19.4 | #3 |
| Donte Williams | 2021-2021 • 1 seasons | 3-7 | 30.0% | 0.4 | — |
| Steve Sarkisian | 2014-2014 • 1 seasons | 9-4 | 69.2% | 16.6 | #20 |
| Lane Kiffin | 2010-2013 • 4 seasons | 28-15 | 65.1% | 15.9 | #6 |
| Ed Orgeron | 2013-2013 • 1 seasons | 6-2 | 75.0% | 15.7 | #19 |
| Pete Carroll | 2001-2009 • 9 seasons | 97-19 | 83.6% | 34.1 | #1 |
| Paul Hackett | 1998-2000 • 3 seasons | 19-18 | 51.3% | 13.6 | — |
| John Robinson | 1976-1997 • 12 seasons | 104-35-4 | 74.1% | 27.8 | #2 |
| Larry Smith | 1987-1992 • 6 seasons | 44-25-3 | 63.2% | 24.9 | #7 |
| Ted Tollner | 1983-1986 • 4 seasons | 26-20-1 | 56.4% | 13.2 | #10 |
| John McKay | 1960-1975 • 16 seasons | 127-40-8 | 74.9% | 35.0 | #1 |
| Don Clark | 1957-1959 • 3 seasons | 13-16-1 | 45.0% | 15.2 | #14 |
| Jess Hill | 1951-1956 • 6 seasons | 45-17-1 | 72.2% | 27.0 | #5 |
| Jeff Cravath | 1942-1950 • 9 seasons | 54-28-8 | 64.4% | 20.2 | #7 |
| Sam Barry | 1941-1941 • 1 seasons | 2-6-1 | 27.8% | 3.1 | — |
| Howard Jones | 1925-1940 • 16 seasons | 121-36-13 | 75.0% | 35.3 | #3 |
| Gus Henderson | 1922-1924 • 3 seasons | 25-5 | 83.3% | 21.0 | — |
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