Conference Pac-12 Conference Coaches No. 19 2013 record 10–4 (6–3 Pac-12) | Division South Division AP No. 19 | |
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Head coach Lane Kiffin (3–2, first 5 games, fired 9/29)
Ed Orgeron (interim, 6–2, remaining regular season games, resigned 12/2)
Clay Helton (interim, bowl game) | ||
The 2013 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. They played their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Fresno State.
Head coach Lane Kiffin, who was in his fourth year, was fired on September 29 after a 3–2 start to the season. He was replaced by interim head coach Ed Orgeron. At the end of the regular season, Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian was hired as the new head coach beginning in 2014. This prompted Orgeron to resign before the bowl game. Clay Helton led the Trojans in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Coaching staff
Lane Kiffin started the season as the Trojans' head coach, but was fired on September 29 after a 3–2 start. Ed Orgeron became the interim head coach, and went 6–2. He resigned on December 3 after it was announced that Steve Sarkisian was hired to be the permanent head coach.