The coveted coordinator responsible for transforming the USC offense in his debut season will remain a fixture with the Trojans for the foreseeable future. Graham Harrell signed a multi-year contract extension to stay at USC, the school announced Monday, ending a week of uneasy speculation over whether the rising star coordinator might leave L.A. for Texas, where he’d interviewed for the same position. “Excited to be a part of this great university and part of the Trojan family,” Harrell said in a video posted on Twitter. We’ve built something really special here.”After making the controversial call to retain head coach Clay Helton earlier this month, USC moved swiftly to secure its offensive coordinator, offering Harrell a lucrative multi-year extension worth more than $1 million per year. A Texas native, Harrell interviewed for the Longhorns’ vacant coordinator position and was briefly discussed as a possible head coaching candidate at Nevada Las Vegas and Texas San Antonio.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2019 00:23 UTC