USC • Athletic Dept.

(All numbers are area code 213 unless noted) ADMINISTRATION (740-3843) University Personnel Charles Griffi n Cale Director of Athletics’ Chair: Pat Haden Senior Associate Directors: Dr. Donna C. Heinel (SWA), Mark Jackson, Faculty Athletic Representative: Clare Pastore Steve Lopes, J.K. McKay Vice President, Athletic Compliance: David M. Roberts Assistant Director: Marilee Pischel Associate VP, Athletic Compliance: Ellen Ferris Assistant Athletic Director, Game Management: Hatcher Parnell (740-4166) Director of Compliance: Joyce Bell, Kyle Conder, Paul Perrier, Kevin Sergent Assistant Director of Game Management: Ryan Maier (821-1083) Assistant Director: Monica Mims, Ralph Shick, Scott Simon, Kyle Waterstone Galen Center Manager: Anthony Vail (740-0662) Administrative Assistant: Gigi Shapiro (740-4577) Assistant Business Managers: Isaac Flores, Andrea Katz, Brendan Loftus Assistant to the VP: Danielle Martinez-Galvan (740-6127) Information Technology Director: Daryl Lundy Executive Assistant to Athletic Director: Heather Dunn Receptionist/Offi ce Assistant: Rebecca Morin Receptionist/Galen Center: Shelby Avol USC Athletics Head Coaches Ticket Offi ce Director: Debra Duncan (740-4672) — Men’s: BASEBALL: Frank Cruz (740-5762) DEVELOPMENT (740-4155) BASKETBALL: Kevin O’Neill (740-3815) Senior Associate Athletic Director: Ron Orr, Don Winston FOOTBALL: Lane Kiffi n (740-4204) Assistant Athletic Director: Scott Jacobson, Jennifer Noriega, Teresa Verbeck GOLF: Director of Golf, Kurt Schuette (740-0687), Chris Zambri (740-0687) Director of Development: Karen Bowman, Alexandra Bitterlin, John Robinson SWIMMING/DIVING: Dave Salo/Hongping Li (740-8444) Assistant Director of Development: Kathleen DeCristo, Gregory Millward, TENNIS: Peter Smith (740-3829) Samantha Tulin TRACK & FIELD: Director of Track & Field, Ron Allice (740-4201) Administrative Assistants: Jill Dennis, Elyssa Espinoza VOLLEYBALL: Bill Ferguson (740-3838) WATER POLO: Jovan Vavic (740-8444) STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC SERVICES (740-3801) Associate Athletic Director: Dr. Magdi El Shahawy — Women’s: Assistant Director/Academic Counselor: John Mosbach, Toni VanEck BASKETBALL: Michael Cooper (740-7204) Assistant Director/Directed Studies Progr. Coordinator: Dr. Denise Kwok CROSS COUNTRY: Tom Walsh (821-2171) Academic Counselors: Heather Bell, Cory Buckner, Kam Klaver, Kyle Ross, GOLF: Andrea Gaston (740-5421) Whitney Rotrock ROWING: Director of Rowing, Zenon Babraj (740-3830) Learning Specialsts: Mimi Butler, Dr. Jennifer Castro, Susie Cognetta SOCCER: Ali Khosroshahin (740-1356) Academic Monitor: Willie Brown SWIMMING/DIVING: Dave Salo/Hongping Li (740-8444) Director of Student Services: Monica Morita TENNIS: Richard Gallien (740-3828) Assistant Director of Student Services: Jennifer Amran TRACK & FIELD: Director of Track & Field, Ron Allice (740-4201) Offi ce Manager: Michelle Boon VOLLEYBALL: Mick Haley (740-4151) Mentor Coordinator: Maria Juliani WATER POLO: Jovan Vavic (740-8444) Information Technology Coordinator: Alan Hong

MARKETING (740-4170) Associate Athletic Directors: Jose Eskenazi, Craig Kelley Sports Information Event Marketing Manager: Braden Hensley Manager of Sponsorships, Hospitality: Jessica Onyepunuka SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: (740-8480) Sponsorship and Marketing Coordinator/Galen Center: Jordan Cohen Tim Tessalone, Home (310-540-7052), Cell (213) 725-3572 Marketing Coordinator: Sean Jordan ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS: (740-8480) Darcy Couch, Cell (213-725-3447); Paul Goldberg, Cell (213-725-3567); TRAINING ROOM (740-5845) Jason Pommier, Cell (213-725-3529); David Tuttle, Cell (213-725-3102), Chris A.D. Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer: Russ Romano Roberts, Cell (213-280-6441) Assistant Athletic Trainers: David Borchardt (men’s basketball), Paul Diaz, SPORTS INFORMATION FAX NUMBER: (740-7584) Katherine Hill, Hillery Magness, Sue Lerner, Sandra Olsen, Justin Shibel, Jon Yonamine Rehab Coordinator: John Meyer Nutritionist: Kristy Morrell Physical Therapist: Drew Morcos Fax Numbers STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING (740-7990) Administration: 740-1306; Baseball: 740-5479; Compliance: 740-6744; Head Coach: Aaron Ausmus Equipment Room: 740-9864; Football: 740-6665; Galen Center: 740- Assistant Coach: Bryan Bailey, Shaun Brown (Galen Center), Tim Caron, Brent 3185; Kennedy Building (Men’s and Women’s Golf, Swimming, Water Polo and Metz (Galen Center), Tatyana Obukhova, Tim, Ojeda, Wendell Richards Women’s Soccer): 740-6177; Men’s Basketball: 740-7586; Operations/ Game Management: 821-1075; Sports Information: 740-7584; Student- VIDEO OPERATIONS (740-6803) Athlete Academic Services: 740-4407; Ticket Offi ce: 740-4300; Train- Director of Video Operations: Eric Espinoza ing Room: 740-0504; Weight Room: 821-3142; Women’s Basketball: Director of Video Production: Rich Rodriguez 740-7380 Assistant Football Video Coordinator: David Scott Assistant: Lindsay Crouch Director of Social Media: Jordan Moore

EQUIPMENT (740-7862) Director of Equipment Operations: David Scott IT’S NOT ‘SOUTHERN CAL’ Assistants: Erik Perea (Galen Center), Greg Allen, Jim Davis, Tino Dominguez, Chris Dozal, Seth Svendsen, Tremarri Limbrick. Note to the media: In references to athletic teams of the University of Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, TEAM PHYSICIANS So. California, Troy and Trojans for men’s or women’s teams, and Women Head Team Physician: James Tibone, M.D. (800-USC-CARE) of Troy for women’s teams. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal (it’s like Team Physicians: Michael Apuzzo, John Brodhead, Alan Erlbaum, John Hubanks, John Itamura, Mark Lurie, Ramon Roges, Chester Semel, Francis Te, calling San Francisco “Frisco” or North Carolina “North Car.”). Thomas Vangsness, Robert Watkins Physical Therapy: Steve Reischl Chiropractor: Edward Scale 2011-2012 • 183 • USC BASKETBALL

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Press Credentials: Direct all inquiries to Tim Tessalone, Sports interviews will be conducted in the area outside the post-game interview Information Director, USC Heritage Hall Room 103, Los Angeles, California room as coaches and players exit the locker room hallway. USC’s sports 90089-0601, (213) 740-8480. Information about radio and television broad- information staff will work with the media to expedite this process. casting rights can also be obtained from Tessalone. Media credentials for USC home men’s basketball games will not be mailed in advance (if requested, USC Practices: Men’s basketball practices at USC are required to parking passes can be mailed). Instead, credentials will be available for be closed to the public, per NCAA sanctions, but pre-approved media are allowed to attend. To ensure that USC and its Offi ce of Athletic Compliance pick-up on game days at the Galen Center media entrance (located on the know which individuals are coming into the presence of our players, media Flower Street side of the arena), generally 2 hours before tipoff. Credentials wishing to attend a USC men’s basketball practice must complete a one- will be issued on a game-by-game basis (there are no season passes). time online waiver no later than 2 p.m. on Monday of the week of the fi rst Credentials must be requested prior to each game (requests will NOT roll planned visit (contact David Tuttle in the Sports Information offi ce for the over to the following game). Credential requests must be received by noon 2 link) in order to allow the Offi ce of Athletic Compliance time to review and days prior to each game, so that the USC sports information offi ce can work approve requests. Once approved, media must sign at the practice court with USC’s Offi ce of Athletic Compliance to review and approve requests. entrance an acknowledgement of the completed online waiver. Also, once The online credential request form covers NCAA compliance issues. To initially approved, media do not need to seek permission to attend subsequent request a credential, contact David Tuttle in the Sports Information offi ce practices, as names will remain on the approved list for the rest of the year. and he will provide you with the credential application link. Credentials are NOTE: If media was approved to attend USC’s 2011 football practices, those non-transferrable. A valid identifi cation that matches the submitted name approved names will carry over to men’s basketball practices and an online must be shown and credentials must be picked up in person. At the Galen waiver application is not necessary. USC will practice at the Galen Center Center media entrance, media must sign an acknowledgement of the com- on the main fl oor or in the practice courts (call the USC sports information pleted online waiver prior to being issued a credential. offi ce for daily practice schedule updates). Practices will be open to local and national media. Media must remain in a designated area of the prac- Contact ITS at (213) 821-0687 to order phone service Telephones: tice court. USC coaches and players will be available to the media on the at the Galen Center. practice court immediately after all practices. Galen Center: The Galen Center (3400 South Figueroa Street) Player Interviews: All requests for player interviews should be is located approximately 15 miles from Los Angeles International Airport directed to Dave Tuttle, Assistant Sports Information Director (213) 740-8480. (adjacent to the USC campus). Directions: take Century Blvd. east to I-405 Please make your requests at least 48 hours in advance. Media members north; exit to I-10 east (toward Los Angeles) to I-110 South; exit Adams Blvd. may interview players after USC’s practice sessions or during a class break and turn right onto Figueroa St.; go one mile and the Galen Center will be if possible. No interviews will be granted on the day of a game or prior to on your left. Or take I-405 south to I-105 (toward Norwalk) east to I-110 practice and under no circumstances are players available for interviews north (toward Pasadena/Los Angeles) and exit at King Blvd. by calling them in their dorm rooms or apartments. Players are instructed not to grant any telephone or face-to-face interviews unless arrangements Media Parking: Media parking is available in Parking Structure 2, are made through the USC Sports Information Offi ce. next to the Radisson Hotel. The entrance is off Figueroa Street. Coach Interviews: All requests for interviews with Kevin O’Neill Media Will Call: “Media Will Call” for Trojan basketball games is and his staff should be directed to Dave Tuttle, Assistant Sports Information located at the southeast entrance of Galen Center, located off Flower Street. Director (213) 740-8480. Post-Game Interviews: USC’s post-game locker room will be Game Services: All members of the working media will be supplied closed, including to the media, in order to comply with NCAA rules that prohibit with a game program, statistics and pregame notes as well as complimentary impermissible contact with recruits. Head coach Kevin O’Neill and several food service. Final and halftime statistics will be furnished along with a play- players will be brought to the post-game interview room. Additional media by-play. USC will also supply post-game quotes from both head coaches (and players in the event of outstanding individual performances), in addition Sports Information Staff to post-game notes.

Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Tim Tessalone Darcy Couch Paul Goldberg Jason Pommier Chris Roberts David Tuttle

Pac-12 Conference Press Rows

Arizona ...... (520) 621-4334 SCHOOL PHONE Arizona State ...... (480) 965-7274/4778 Stanford ...... (415) 723-4418 California ...... (510) 642-3098 UCLA ...... (310) 825-1899 Colorado ...... (303) 492-1552/4381 USC...... (213) 740-3900/821-1840 Oregon...... (541) 346-4496/4497 Utah ...... (801) 581-6657 Oregon State ...... (541) 737-3020 Washington ...... (206) 543-2230 Washington State ...... (509) 335-2684

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Newspapers

Los Angeles Times – 202 W. First St., Los Angeles 90012, KCBS/KCAL (CBS affi liate) – 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 90028, (213) 237-7145, fax (213) 237-7876 • latimes.com/sports • Mike James (818) 655-2400, fax (323) 460-3337 (S.E.), Baxter Holmes, David Wharton, Gary Klein, T.J. Simers (columnist), • Jim Hill, Steve Hartman, John Ireland, Armen Keuilian (producer) Bill Plaschke (columnist). KNBC (NBC affi liate) – 3000 W. Alameda, Burbank 91523, Orange County Register – 625 No. Grand Ave., Santa Ana 92711, (714) (818) 840-4237, fax (818) 840-3076 796-7804 or -7817, fax (714) 796-6765 • ocregister.com/sports • David Bean • Steve Leveton (executive producer), Luis Chavez, Jared Kiemeney (Asst. S.E.), Michael Lev (basketball beat), Adam Maya, Mark Whicker (column), Randy Youngman (columnist), Todd Harmonson (prep sports editor). KABC (ABC affi liate) – 500 Circle Seven Dr., Glendale 91201, (818) 863-7677, fax (818) 863-7889 Daily News (lead member of Los Angeles Newspaper Group) – • Rob Fukuzaki, Curt Sandoval, John Hartung, Stan Radford (senior pro- 21221 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills 91364, (818) 713-3600 or -3607, fax (818) ducer), Dae Ho Suk (producer) 713-3436 • dailynews.com/sports • (Los Angeles Newspaper Group also includes Long Beach Press-Telegram, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Inland KTLA (CW Network) – 5800 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 90028, Valley Daily Bulletin, San Bernardino Sun, Pasadena Star-News, Ontario (323) 460-5500 or -5907, fax (323) 460-5333 Daily Bulletin and Whittier Daily News); Gene Warnick (S.E., Daily News); • Leila Feinstein, Damon Andrews, Tom Klimasz (producer) Scott Wolf (basketball beat), Tom Hoffarth (columnist). KTTV/KCOP (Fox) – 1999 So. Bundy Dr., Los Angeles 90025-5235, Long Beach Press-Telegram – 300 Oceangate, Long Beach 90844, (310) 584-2030, fax (310) 584-2168 (562) 499-1330, fax (562) 437-8914 • presstelegram.com/sports • Rick Garcia, Rod Cohen (producer)

San Gabriel Valley Tribune – 1210 North Azusa Canyon Rd., West Covina 91790, (626) 962-8811 2103, fax (626) 856-2758 • sgvtribune.com/ sports • Freddie Robledo (S.E.)

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin – 2041 E. Fourth St., Ontario 91764, (909) 483-9362, fax (909) 948-9038 • dailybulletin.com/sports • Louis Brewster (S.E.)

San Bernardino Sun – 4030 N. Georgia Blvd., San Bernardino 92407, (909) 889-9666 or 386-3865, fax (909) 384-0327 • sbsun.com/sports • Louis Brewster (S.E.)

Riverside Press-Enterprise – 3450 14th St., Riverside 92501, (951) 368-9533 or (909) 782-7595, fax (951) 368-9029 • pe.com/sports • Jeff Parenti (S.E.), Greg Patton (columnist).

South Bay Daily Breeze – 21250 Hawthorne Blvd., #170, Torrance 90503, (310) 540-5511, ext. 432, fax (310) 540-3067 • dailybreeze.com/ sports • Phil Collin, Mike Waldner (columnist)

Daily Trojan (USC student newspaper – Student Union 404, USC, Los NIKOLA VUCEVIC TALKS TO FSN’S PATRICK O’NEAL Angeles 90089-0895, (213) 740-5671, fax (213) 740-5666 • dailytrojan. ABOVE AND DEMAR DEROZAN TALKS TO FOX’S com/sports • Trevor Wong (S.E.) CHARISSA THOMPSON BELOW AT THE GALEN CENTER

Wire Services/Ntl. Publications

Associated Press – 221 So. Figueroa #300, Los Angeles 90012, (213) 626-1200, fax (213) 346-0200 • Beth Harris, Greg Beacham

USA Today – 10866 Wilshire Blvd. #890, Los Angeles 90024, (310) 882- 2400, fax (310) 882-1901 • David Leon Moore – 4425 Appleglen Ct., Moorpark 93021 • Marlen Garcia (national basketball writer) – 847-803-0288 (offi ce)

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Cable Television Networks Radio Stations

FOX Sports Net West/Prime Ticket (USC local telecasts) – 1150 KSPN-AM (710) (USC fl agship) – 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles S. Olive St., #200, Los Angeles 90015, (213) 743-7800 (production) or 90015, (213) 284-7162, fax (213) 284-7196, Studio (800) 710-3776 • espn. 763-4646 (news), fax (213) 763-4633 com/losangeles/radio • Chris Fisher (play-by-play), Jim Hefner (color), Steve • Brad Zager (Producer), Micah King (Producer), Kyle Reischling (Regional Mason, John Ireland, Beto Duran, Dave Joseph, Drew Belzer (producer), producers), Michael Eaves, Lindsay Soto, Patrick O’Neal, Jim Watson (Re- David Singer (producer) gional Sports Report anchors), Shawn Kopelakis (Assignment editor) KNX-AM (1070) – 5670 Wilshire Blvd., #200, Los Angeles 90036, ESPN, Los Angeles – (Sports Center) – 1011 S. Figueroa St., Los (323) 900-2070, fax (323) 964-8329 • losangeles.cbslocal.com/station/ Angeles 90015 knx-1070 • Steve Grad, Randy Kerdoon • Sandy Nunez (Producer), Stuart Scott, Neil Everett, Stan Verrett KFWB-AM (980) – 5670 Wilshire Blvd. #200, Los Angeles 90036, (323) 525-0980, fax (323) 871-4670 • losangeles.cbslocal.com/station/ USC Athletics on the Web kfwb-new-talk-980 • Ted Sobel, Bob Harvey, Bill Seward

The USC athletic department has an offi cial “home page” on KLAC-AM (570) – 3400 W. Olive Ave. #550, Burbank 91505, the World Wide Web, featuring current and historical infor- (818) 559-2252, fax (818) 729-2511 • am570radio.com • Dan Patrick, Jim Rome, Steve Hartman, Pat O’Brien, Petros Papadakis, Matt Smith, Tim mation about Trojan sports. For access, type http://www. Cates (producer), David Vassegh (producer) usctrojans.com. XPRS (1090) – 3655 Nobel Drive, #470, San Diego 92122, (858) 535- 2500, fax (858), 453-8377 • xxsportsradio.com • Scott Kaplan, Billy Ray Smith, Darren Smith, John Kentera, Marty Caswell (producer)

KSHP-AM (1400) (USC Trojan Talk) – 240 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas, Nev. 89146, (702) 221-1200 • Harvey Hyde

KXSC-FM (USC student station) – TCC B3, USC, Los Angeles 90089- 3109, (213) 740-5727, fax (213) 740-1853 • kxsc.org

NICK YOUNG AND LODRICK STEWART WITH FSN

TAJ GIBSON AT 2007-08 NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING GAME VS. KANSAS ST.

DESMON FARMER WITH FSN’S JIM WATSON ESPN’S BRAD DAUGHERTY WITH JEFF TREPAGNIER AT THE 2001 FINAL FOUR SLAM DUNK COMPETITION.

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Chris Fisher Jim Hefner Radio Play-by-Play Radio Color Commentary

Chris Fisher begins his second Jim Hefner, a former USC assistant season of broadcasting USC men’s coach and assistant athletic director, basketball games. The 25-year-old brings considerable on and off the court USC graduate has spent the past four experience to his job as he enters his years broadcasting minor league base- 15th year as the analyst on the USC ball and also has called sporting events men’s basketball broadcasts. on USC’s website and campus radio For three years, he was a USC station. Fisher was named as the radio men’s basketball analyst for ON TV in play-by-play announcer for USC men’s Los Angeles and another four years basketball broadcasts on July 9, 2010, with Prime Ticket before moving over taking over for the late Rory Markas who to radio and the Trojan broadcasts for called Trojan basketball games for 12 the 1996-97 season. seasons. Hefner began his association with USC in 1966 as an as- “I am thrilled and thankful to continue to be a part of the Trojan sistant coach to Bob Boyd on the varsity team, and as the head Family,” said Fisher. “However, the unfortunate circumstances of coach of the Trojan freshman team. During the years that Hefner how this position opened up are not forgotten as Rory Markas was coached (1966-78), USC enjoyed its greatest basketball success, a tremendous mentor and an even better person to me. This has including a 24-2 record and No. 2 ranking in 1971. He was also been a humbling process and I am appreciative that USC has put a tremendous recruiter, bringing in such future college and NBA its conviction in me.” stars as Paul Westphal, Ron Riley, Mack Calvin and Bill Hewitt. Fisher teams with longtime USC analyst Jim Hefner, a Trojan After 13 years as a coach, Hefner moved upstairs in Heritage assistant coach in the 1960s and 1970s, in calling the action on Hall and became an assistant athletic director. During his 10 years 710 ESPN Radio. (1979-88) in that position, he oversaw operations for the football, Fisher completed his third season as the play-by-play broad- basketball and baseball programs. caster for the Eugene (Ore.) Emeralds, a minor league affi liate He starred in basketball in high school, junior college and of the San Diego Padres in the short-season Class A Northwest college. Hefner was a two-time all-league guard at both Alhambra League. He spent 2008 calling the play-by-play for the Potomac (Calif.) High and Santa Ana (Calif.) Junior College, where Boyd Nationals in Woodbridge, Va., an affi liate of the Washington Na- was the head coach. He then earned Little All-America honors in tionals. The Nationals won their division and league titles in the 1963 and 1964 at Cal Western (now USIU). Class A Advanced Carolina League in 2008. Hefner coached the frosh teams at Cal Western and Seattle University for one year each.

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USC Song Girls

Trojan Dance Force

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