LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin spent a hefty part of their 20s together on Southern California’s downtown campus. If they weren’t sequestered in an office up in Heritage Hall watching game tape and eating takeout food, they were simultaneously teaching and learning on the practice fields across the street.
Under Pete Carroll’s watchful eye during the Trojans’ incredible decade of success, these former college quarterbacks grew from raw assistant coaches into co-offensive coordinators of the USC machine while still remaining close friends. Before either coach had turned 35, both had graduated to run their own programs.
Sarkisian and Kiffin face each other for the first time when Washington visits the 18th-ranked Trojans (4-0, 1-0 Pac-10) on Saturday night.
