This college football influencer has helped USC’s Mike Bohn land top jobs
LOS ANGELES — When Mike Bohn entered the room for his job interview with the University of Cincinnati president in 2014, he saw a familiar face.
Cincinnati hired Chuck Neinas, Bohn’s mentor and a prominent college athletics consultant, to guide the search for its next athletic director. Neinas previously assisted with searches at San Diego State and Colorado that placed Bohn as athletic director.
“I was there when he was interviewed,” Neinas told The Los Angeles Times in 2019. “By the end of the interview, the president was throwing him softball questions to make him look good.”
Cincinnati offered Bohn the job, and he accepted. Five years later, he parlayed success at Cincinnati into a more prestigious position at USC.
Bohn resigned from USC last Friday, one day after The Times asked him and USC questions about internal criticism of his management of the department and conduct as the Trojans’ athletic director. The news came as a surprise to
