steve sarkisian

Ex-USC coach wants $30 million for firing over alcoholism

Steve Sarkisian has sued the University of Southern California, alleging the school breached the football coach's contract and discriminated against him on the basis of a disability by firing him...

USC fires head coach as history of boozing emerges

While CC Sabathia’s enrollment in alcohol rehab stunned many observers around the Yankees, it appears USC coach Steve Sarkisian’s drinking took few by surprise, well-known back to his days at...

USC coach Sarkisian asked to leave, will 'seek treatment'

LOS ANGELES — Southern California coach Steve Sarkisian is taking an indefinite leave of absence after athletic director Pat Haden determined the troubled coach is “not healthy.” Haden announced the...

It's just petulant to fire USC coach on a Chip Kelly pipe dream

Steve Sarkisian has coached 17 college football games at USC. He has won 12 of them. He has recruited extremely well. And he’s on the hot seat? Seriously, this is...

College football top 25: The threats to Ohio State repeat

For decades, college football traditionalists maintained that a playoff would ruin the regular season. Instead, it made it even more relevant. With more teams involved in the national title chase,...

USC coach plans to stop boozing in locker room, before pep rallies

Southern California coach Steve Sarkisian has publicly apologized for his drunken appearance at a team rally last weekend, attributing his slurred, profane speech to a combination of alcohol and medication....

More USC trouble: Player quits team, calls coach racist

USC can only hope another one of its players is lying. Just one day after cornerback Josh Shaw admitted his account of saving his drowning 7-year-old nephew -- the supposed...