Last Friday, former USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigned following an investigation into workplace culture within the Trojans athletic department.
Since Bohn's departure, a number of AD's from around the country have been linked to the USC opening.
SI All Trojans released a five person list of candidates and ESPN's Pete Thamel went on the Paul Finebaum show and dropped two more names earlier this week.
The Athletic's Stewart Mandel broke down a list of replacements as well, which included two additional names not yet mentioned. They're detailed below.
ROSS BJORK
Bjork has been Texas A&M's AD since 2019. He spent the prior seven years as the AD at the University of Mississippi. Bjork was the youngest Power Five athletic director when he was hired at Ole Miss. Bjork's first AD stop was at Western Kentucky and he's also been on the senior athletic staffs at UCLA, the University of Miami and the University of Missouri.
HEATHER LYKE
Lyke is the Pitt AD and has been in the role since March of 2017. For the four years before starting at Pitt, Lyke served as vice president and director of athletics at Eastern Michigan University. Prior to her stint at EMU, Lyke was a ranking athletic administrator at Ohio State for 15 years. Lyke has also held posts at the University of Cincinnati and with the NCAA.
Here's the full list of names that have been linked to the USC AD opening:
- Ross Bjork - Texas A&M Athletic Director
- Pat Chun - Washington State Athletic Director
- Jen Cohen - University of Washington Athletic Director
- Rick George - Colorado Athletic Director
- Mark Jackson - Villanova Athletic Director
- Heather Lyke - Pittsburgh Athletic Director
- Mack Rhoades - Baylor Athletic Director
- Brandon Sosna - Senior Director of Football Administration for the Detroit Lions
- Ed Stewart - USC Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director
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