It’s buried in another thread but thought you all might want to know if you hadn’t seen it. He’s the OL/OC coach at USC. I don’t think he’s bringing much of his staff over. Maybe QB coach Huard. Expecting Conrad and Sinz to remain from last years team. Hopefully Vance Vice is coming now that it was reported he’s not going to OK St.
Josh Hansen is OC
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Hopefully he'll be much better than our last OC who was also OC at USC.
Just saw on X from Nathan Baird that Brennan Marion is not coaching with UNLV tomorrow. Interestingly, the line in their game has moved from Cal -3.5 all the way to UNLV -3. Must be some portal issues with Cal.
Who is reporting that? All I see are articles of him joining OKSt. Used to play with Gundy I guess.
USC football receives great news as Josh Henson leaves coaching staff
USC offensive line coach Josh Henson, who underperformed these past two seasons, is gone. Lincoln Riley can upgrade his coaching staff. This is huge news.
trojanswire.usatoday.com
Gotta take these with a grain of salt as USC fans expect they are still 10+ win a year blue bloods.USC football receives great news as Josh Henson leaves coaching staff
USC offensive line coach Josh Henson, who underperformed these past two seasons, is gone. Lincoln Riley can upgrade his coaching staff. This is huge news.
I don’t think the OL was great but early in the year they ran the ball OK before injuries and their WRs were really really bad
Then why didn’t they fire him?
Wish I was more excited about this. His offense struggled once it joined the B1G this season and, even without Williams, they had much better talent than he’ll have here…
USC arrogance on full display.USC football receives great news as Josh Henson leaves coaching staff
USC offensive line coach Josh Henson, who underperformed these past two seasons, is gone. Lincoln Riley can upgrade his coaching staff. This is huge news.
"Lincoln Riley did not trash his offensive line or throw it under the bus in 2024. Publicly, he spoke well of his offensive line. We therefore thought Henson would not be fired. Technically, he wasn’t fired. However, when a coach goes from USC to Purdue, that generally means he was encouraged to, as the industry parlance goes, “seek new career opportunities.” In other words, he was invited to leave."
I tend to believe talent matters more than anything else although coaching does matter too.
If we get some decent players, we will be ok, but TBD.
So it’s listed that we’re going to have two guys who both were OL coaches. Vance Vice and Hensen, who was OC and OL coach… he’s got past hx as a TE coach in the past as well. Maybe he’s going to be OC and TE position coach and Vice will remain O line coach?🤷🏼♂️
I got mixed feelings about this one after seeing USC fans happy to see him go……looks like him and Odom have a history, hopefully he can prove the doubters wrong!
What do you guys think of the hire?
What do you guys think of the hire?
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agreed - the jimmies and the joes.
USC has lost a lot of the top talent that signed with Riley. Their offense moved the ball and scored. This sounds more like an issue of joining a different conference and routinely facing better competition, losing players and perhaps Riley's welcome is wearing thin.
Don’t really think it’s a bad hire and it sounds like he likes to throw the ball around along with the run. Also think it’s not likely a Homerun either but I’m quite certain it will be an improvement over last season if we can find a QB to lead the way be it an existing or a transfer guy.
Article today on the "Trojan Wire"....
"USC football receives great news as Josh Henson leaves coaching staff"
Well the way it was going anything will be an improvement!
I was just hoping for a guy with a unique offense. Marion’s offense definitely would have been fun to watch but it sounds like Odom shut that down and went with past coaching history with Henson.
Of course they’re “arrogant” - With 11 National Championships & 8 Heisman Trophy winners, they have the right to be. Considering the state of our programs the past few years, this is similar to if a coach leaves Purdue for the same position in, say, the MAC; It’s technically a lateral move but not really & we likely wouldn’t lose much sleep over him going…
Conard staying as RBs coach.
So at least we know we’ll look good against Iowa…
Underwhelming for sure, especially his lack of play calling experience. I don’t think there’s enough of a track record to judge potential, so he’s an unknown quantity. It’s definitely not the path to success we’ve seen work with Tiller and Brohm of hiring a proven offensive innovator. We all know they’ll get their shot with enthusiasm from all of us boilers!
However, I’m still shocked by the way this coaching transition is rolling out piecemeal. BoBo had to know that he needed a shortlist a year ago and nothing about this feels well planned. Maybe he thought he had his guy and got burned, but let’s hope this new staff gels quickly and turns things around.
A career Defensive coach hiring an OC that’s never installed an offense or called plays before; What could go wrong..?
Haha. You clearly don’t understand how coaching transitions work. We were never going to find a guy with a complete staff ready to go the day after we let Walters go. It seems a few of the UNLV guys are already in from a coaching perspective. It’s just not official. Once in and the bowl game is over you’ll see guys start flipping.
Gotta give the guy a chance before you shit all over him. I at least gave Walters A game.
