USC head coach Lincoln Riley is coming off a head-scratching 2024 season.
Last year marked the first season USC was in the Big Ten, and now Riley is aiming for an even better year in 2025.
USC Could Make A Coaching Change
If USC doesn’t improve, the school could part ways with Riley. According to John Buhler from Fansided, Riley will need to win early to avoid potential issues this upcoming season.
“I have a very strong feeling this will be the final year that Lincoln Riley gets to lead the USC Trojans to waste everyone’s time and money,” Buhler wrote. “The move to the Big Ten has created a far more difficult travel schedule than USC realized. Once again, this is what they signed up for in blowing up the Pac-12. Riley has won before, but athletic director Jennifer Cohen did not hire him. Mike Bohn did years ago…USC struggled to get to a bowl game last year because the Trojans were not ready for Big Ten play. No matter how you slice it, their upcoming slate is both brutal and daunting. Any loss before the road date at Illinois would be inexcusable, probably a fireable offense if USC were to drop a game to either Missouri State or Clay Helton’s Georgia Southern Eagles at home or on the road at pitiful Purdue. For those who want to see what is on the docket for Riley’s team, here is who USC has to play in 2025.”
It will be interesting to see how USC plays this season, and there is a good chance this will be Riley’s last year.
