USC coaching search heat check: Matt Campbell and Kyle Whittingham gaining steam
LOS ANGELES — Finally, we're mere days from the end of college football's regular season, which means a coaching carousel that is expected to be one of the wildest in recent memory is about to start spinning. Over the weekend, Florida jumped on the ride, joining USC and Louisiana State as schools looking for fresh leadership and considered top-10 jobs. Washington, Virginia Tech and Texas Christian are open, too, and there's reason to believe Miami is next. The dominoes will surely fall quickly, and we'll see if USC athletic director Mike Bohn's early move on Clay Helton set the Trojans up to get ahead of the impending chaos and be ready for winning time.
It's been more than 10 weeks since USC fired Helton and embarked on its first coaching search since 2013. The Los Angeles Times will perform a temperature check right here as developments occur. This fourth "Heat Check" is informed more by our own reporting and intuition about the search's direction than previous installments, and, just as in Heritage Hall, our list has narrowed at the top with the dynamics around each coach becoming more crystallized.
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