The Galen Center

2009-2010 • 1 • USC BASKETBALL Table of Contents

The 2009-2010 Trojans Trojan Quick Facts/Table of Contents ...... 2 2009-2010 Schedule ...... 3 TROJAN QUICK FACTS Galen Center Facts ...... 4-8 This is USC Hoops ...... 9-21 Location ...... Los Angeles, Calif. 2009-2010 Season Outlook ...... 22-24 Founded ...... 1880 Head Coach Kevin O’Neill ...... 25-29 Enrollment ...... 33,000 (16,500 undergraduates) Assistant Coach Gib Arnold ...... 30 President ...... Dr. Steven B. Sample Assistant Coach Bob Cantu...... 31 Colors ...... Cardinal & Gold Assistant Coach Phil Johnson ...... 32 Nickname...... Trojans Strength & Conditioning Manager Tony Miller ..... 33 Conference ...... Pacifi c-10 Dir. of Basketball Operations Dwayne Polee ...... 34 Athletic Director...... Michael L. Garrett Trojan Basketball Support Staff ...... 35 Home Court ...... Galen Center (10,258) 2009-2010 USC Rosters ...... 36 Head Coach ...... Kevin O’Neill (McGill, 1979) Player Profi les Overall Record ...... 171-180 (12 years) James Boyd ...... 38 Record at USC ...... 0-0 (First Season) Jordan Cameron ...... 39 Assistant Coaches ...... Gib Arnold (BYU, 1995, 5th year) Kasey Cunningham ...... 40-41 ...... Bob Cantu (Chapman, 1997, 6th year; 9th at USC) James Dunleavy ...... 42 ...... Phil Johnson (East Central Oklahoma, 1981, 5th year) Mike Gerrity ...... 43-44 Strength and Conditioning Manager ...... Tony Miller (Marquette, 1995, 1st year) Marcus Johnson ...... 45-46 Director of Basketball Operations ...... Dwayne Polee (Pepperdine. 1986, 3rd Season) Dwight Lewis ...... 47-48 Operations Assistant ...... Ryan Hennick (Arizona, 2006, 1st year) Percy Miller ...... 49 Video Coordinator ...... Adam Cohen (Arizona, 2008, 1st year) Daniel Munoz...... 50 Basketball Offi ce Phone Number ...... (213) 740-3815 Davis Rozitis ...... 51 Sports Information Contact ...... David Tuttle (Assistant SID) Marcus Simmons ...... 52-53 Donte Smith ...... 54-55 SID Offi ce Phone Number ...... (213) 740-8480 Evan Smith ...... 56 SID Cell Phone Number ...... (213) 725-3102 Alex Stepheson ...... 57-58 2008-2009 Overall Record ...... 22-13 Tyler Sugiyama ...... 59 2008-2009 Conference Record ...... 9-9 (T-5th) Nikola Vucevic ...... 60-61 2008-2009 Pac-10 Tournament ...... 3-0, defeated Cal, UCLA & ASU to win fi rst title Leonard Washington ...... 62-63 2008-09 NCAA Tournament...... 1-1, defeated BC, lost to eventual runner-up Michigan St. Ryan Wetherell ...... 64-65 Returning Starters ...... 2 Returning Lettermen ...... 11 2008-2009 In Review Lettermen Lost ...... 6 2008-2009 Results & Statistics...... 67-71 All-Time Record ...... 1,459-1,042 (.583) 2008-2009 Pac-10 Conference Statistics ...... 72-74 Athletic Department Website ...... www.usctrojans.com 2008-2009 Game Summaries ...... 75-86 100-Point Games/Team, Season Records ...... 128 Credits 2009-2010 Opponents Yearly Team Stats ...... 129 The 2009-2010 USC men’s basketball media guide UC Riverside ...... 88 Field Goal Records ...... 130 has been prepared by the USC sports information Loyola Marymount ...... 89 3-Point Field Goal Records ...... 131 offi ce (Tim Tessalone, sports information director) for Coppin State ...... 90 Free Throw Records ...... 132 use by sportscasters and sportswriters. The guide Nebraska ...... 91 Rebounding Records ...... 133 was written and edited by assistant sports information Texas ...... 92 Assist, Steal, Block & Turnover Records ...... 134 director David Tuttle. Georgia Tech ...... 93 Miscellaneous & Attendance Records ...... 135 Sacramento State ...... 94 Season Records By Class ...... 136-139 Cover designs by Ross Yoshida Design. Photogra- Idaho State ...... 95 Team Season Top 10s ...... 140 phy provided by Dan Avila, Long Photography, Jon Tennessee ...... 96 Opponent Records ...... 141 SooHoo, Patrick Gee, Michael Pilla, Jason Chan, Western Michigan ...... 97 Galen Center Records ...... 142-143 Kirby Lee, Sam Haythorn, Michael Dineen, Thomas Northeastern/Saint Mary’s ...... 98 USC Team Streaks & Annual Pac-10 Finishes .....144 Boyd, NBAE, Mitchell Layton, Bruce Yeung, Balfour Other Diamond Head Classic Opponents ...... 99 USC’s Overtime Games ...... 145 Walker/Chris Mooney Photography, Getty Images, AP Arizona ...... 100 USC vs. Conference Opponents ...... 146-149 Photo and David Tuttle. Arizona State ...... 101 USC vs. Non-Conference Opponents ...... 150-152 Stanford ...... 102 Yearly Game-by-Game Results ...... 153-164 Printing provided by Pro Graphics. California ...... 103 Final Four Results ...... 165 UCLA ...... 104 All-Time USC Letterwinners ...... 166-169 Copies of this guide are available to the public. Send Washington State ...... 105 USC Retired Uniform Numbers ...... 170 $15 (includes fi rst class mailing) to: USC Sports Infor- Washington ...... 106 Trojans in the Pros ...... 171-173 mation, HER 103, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601. Oregon State ...... 107 Trojans in the Draft ...... 174 Oregon...... 108 USC in the Basketball Hall of Fame ...... 175-176 Pacifi c-10 Conference Tournament ...... 109 USC’s NBA Head Coaches ...... 177

2010 NCAA Championship Bracket ...... 110 The University of Southern California USC Trojan Pride...... 178-179 USC Basketball History Athletic Department Staff Directory ...... 180 History ...... 112 All-Time Head Coaches Media/Campus/Miscellaneous & Won-Loss Records ...... 113-114 Media Information and Area Media Outlets 181-183 USC in Postseason Play ...... 115 USC’s TV and Radio Announcers ...... 184 Trojan Basketball Awards & Honorees ...... 116-119 USC Spirit Squads...... 185 Career and Season Scoring Records ...... 120 USC Experience Section ...... 189-207 Leading Scorers Year-by-Year ...... 121-122 USC Basketball Camps ...... 208 30-Point Club ...... 123 1,000-Point Career Scorers ...... 124-127 2009-2010 • 2 • USC BASKETBALL 2009•2010 USC Schedule

DATE DAY OPPONENT TV INFO SITE TIME

Oct. 25 Sunday Cardinal and Gold (Exhibition) USCTrojans.com Galen Center 2:00 p.m. Nov. 1 Sunday CS Dominguez Hills (Exhibition) USCTrojans.com Galen Center 2:00 p.m. Nov. 17 Tuesday UC Riverside USCTrojans.com Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 Saturday Loyola Marymount USCTrojans.com Galen Center 5:00 p.m. Nov. 27 Friday Coppin State USCTrojans.com Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 Sunday #Nebraska FSN Galen Center 1:30 p.m. Dec. 3 Thursday #at Texas ESPN2 Austin, Texas 8:00 p.m. Dec. 5 Saturday at Georgia Tech Fox Sports South Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 p.m. Dec. 8 Tuesday Sacramento State USCTrojans.com Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 Friday Idaho State USCTrojans.com Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19 Saturday Tennessee FSN Galen Center 1:30 p.m. Dec. 22 Tuesday ^vs. Western Michigan ESPNU Honolulu, HI 12:00 p.m. Dec. 24 Thursday ^vs. Northeastern/St. Mary’s ESPNU Honolulu, HI 10 a.m./12 p.m Dec. 25 Friday ^TBA ESPNU/ESPN2 Honolulu, HI TBA Dec. 31 Thursday *Arizona Prime Ticket Galen Center 4:00 p.m. Jan. 2 Saturday *Arizona State Prime Ticket Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 Wednesday *at Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. (Maples Pavilion) 7:00 p.m. Jan. 9 Saturday *at California FSN Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion) 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Saturday *at UCLA Prime Ticket Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion) 4:30 p.m. Jan. 21 Thursday *Washington State USCTrojans.com (Delayed) Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 Saturday *Washington FSN West Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 Thursday *at Oregon State FSN Northwest Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum) 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30 Saturday *at Oregon Oregon Sports Network Eugene, Ore. (McArthur Court) 3:00 p.m. Feb. 4 Thursday California USCTrojans.com (Delayed) Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 Saturday *Stanford Prime Ticket Galen Center 4:30 p.m. Feb. 14 Sunday *UCLA FSN Galen Center 7:00 p.m. Feb. 18 Thursday *at Washington Prime Ticket Seattle, Wash. (Bank of America Arena) 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 Saturday *at Washington State Pullman, Wash. (Friel Court) 2:00 p.m. Feb. 25 Thursday *Oregon USCTrojans.com (Delayed) Galen Center 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 Saturday *Oregon State Prime Ticket Galen Center 4:30 p.m. March 4 Thursday *at Arizona State (TV Wildcard) Tempe, Ariz. (Wells Fargo Arena) TBA March 6 Saturday *at Arizona (TV Wildcard) Tucson, Ariz. (McKale Center) TBA

March 10-13 Wed.-Sat. Paciﬁ c-10 Conference Tournament Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center) TBA March 18-21 Thur.-Sun. NCAA Tournament 1st and 2nd Rounds TBA TBA March 25-28 Thur.-Sun. NCAA Tournament Regional Semiﬁ nals and Finals TBA TBA April 3 & 5 Sat. & Mon. NCAA Final Four Indianapolis, Ind. (Lucas Field) TBA

* Paciﬁ c-10 Conference game ^ Diamond Head Classic (USC, College of Charleston, Hawaii, Saint Mary’s, SMU, UNLV, Western Michigan, Northeastern) # Big12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series All game times are local to site

2009-2010 • 3 • USC BASKETBALL Bill Plaschke, L.A. Times – “It has the best sports scoreboard in town, with a constant IIff YouYou BuildBuild It...It... video feed that is sharper than my home television. The seats are padded, the sound system is powerful, the sight- lines are near-perfect.”

2009-2010 • 4 • USC BASKETBALL Bob Boyd, Former USC head coach - “You just like the comfort of it, the way all the seats give you a perspective. It’s going to be hard to measure the impact this will have on this program.

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2009-2010 • 5 • USC BASKETBALL The completion of a dream...

For decades ofﬁ cials at the University of Southern California had a dream about creating a place where students, alumni, friends and community members could gather together to share the Trojan spirit. The long-awaited dream became a reality with the opening of the Galen Center for the 2006-07 season. Trojan fans can now watch their men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams compete in USC’s spectacular on-campus facility.

The Galen Center also hosts concerts, family shows and pageants, summer sports camps, commencement ceremonies, community gatherings, lectures and meetings, middle school and high school athletic events...and much more!

The center includes a 255,000-square-foot arena with 10,258 seats to support USC men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, and a 45,000-square-foot pavilion that includes four practice courts and ofﬁ ces.

The Galen Center - USC’s spectacular basketball and volleyball home!

Arena Level GALEN CENTER FACT SHEETFACT SHEET Galen Center: The center consists of a 255,000 square-foot arena with 10,258 seats. General facilities include: · Athletic Department Hall of Fame · Founder’s Banquet Room · USC auxiliary ticket offi ce · Concession stands · Athletic merchandise store Team facilities include: · Locker rooms for USC men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams · Locker rooms for visiting teams · Weight room Concourse Level · Medical training room Athletic Pavilion: The 45,000 square-foot pavilion is attached to the Galen Center by an atrium and includes four practice courts, coaches’ offi ces and administrative offi ces. Parking: A 1,200 space parking structure between the Radisson Hotel and Flower Street has been built. Additional parking is provided in Parking Structure “X” (PSX) at McCarthy Way and Figueroa Street, Parking Structure “D” (PSD) on campus at the corner of Jefferson and Figueroa (behind the Davidson Conference Center) and in the 1,900-space University Parking Center at Jefferson Boulevard and Hope Street, a one-block walk to the Galen Center.

2009-2010 • 6 • USC BASKETBALL Locker Room and Weight Room USC’s Fabulous Facility

Galen Center

Founder’s Club, Four Full Practice Courts, Beautiful Exterior

2009-2010 • 7 • USC BASKETBALL JIM STERKEL COURT Jim Sterkel played center for USC during the 1956 and 1957 seasons, including winning the most improved player award as a senior when he averaged 9.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Sterkel grew up in Alhambra, Calif. and attended Fullerton JC before transfering to USC for his junior and senior seasons. At Fullerton JC, he was an All-Southern California JC Center selection and ran the hurdles in track. His daughter Jill was the ﬁ rst female swimmer to qualify for four Olympic games, where she was multi-medal winner. She swam collegiately at Texas and then coached at Texas following her swimming career. The naming of the court to honor Jim Sterkel was made possible by a donation from an anonymous classmate.

The late Lou Galen sitting in his customary baseline seat. It was through his generous donation that the dream of a new USC arena became a reality. The spectacular Galen Center arena bears his name for all his efforts.

PREVIOUS HOME COURTS:

Before the Galen Center opened for the 2007 campaign the Los Angeles Sports Arena had been USC’s home since the 1959 season, but it was not the only place USC has played home games. Due to scheduling conﬂ icts and repairs due to earthquake damage, since 1959 USC has also played “home games” at Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles State College/Cal State L.A., Long Beach Arena, the Forum, Cal State Dominguez, the Lyon Center and Staples Center. USC played 22 “home games” away from the Sports Arena in the 23 seasons prior to the opening of the Galen Center. The Trojans have played home games in 13 places prior (according to records dating back to the 1927-28 season):

Shrine Auditorium Loyola Marymount The Forum Olympic Auditorium Los Angeles St. College/CSULA Cal State Dominguez Pan-Paciﬁ c Auditorium Long Beach Arena Lyon Center USC Gymnasium Los Angeles Sports Arena Staples Center Long Beach City College Gym

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2009-2010 • 18 • USC BASKETBALL T B H R E I G H M T E D L I I G A H T

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2008•2009 OVERALL: 22-13 2008•2009 PAC-10: 9-9 (T-5TH)

2009-10 Trojans Look To Surprise class facilities, a tremendous city and some very talented players. We expect to be very a competitive team and I can’t After winning a school record 20 or more games and making wait to see how we stack up against the rest of the teams in the NCAA Tournament for three consecutive seasons you the conference.” typically wouldn’t expect to be able to sneak up on people, but that might be the case for the Trojans this season. Lewis is a 1,000-point scorer who ranks 15th all-time in three- point baskets made by a Trojan (106) and will be looked upon New USC head coach Kevin O’Neill inherits a team that had to lead the way. Last season he led the Trojans with a 14.4 four players advance to play basketball professionally in scoring average and with 55 three-point baskets made. He DeMar DeRozan and Taj Gibson to the NBA, Daniel Hackett also led USC from the free throw line (.748) and scored in to Italy and Keith Wilkinson to the Ukraine--four of the top double fi gures in 27 of his 33 games played. fi ve Trojans in minutes played during the 2008-09 season. From the outside the appearance is that the Trojans will be Joining him in the back court will be swingmen Marcus in trouble, but that might be hasty thinking! Johnson and Marcus Simmons, along with point guards Donte Smith and Mike Gerrity. Dwight Lewis, USC’s leading scorer from a year ago, returns for his senior season and if he improves as much this season The Trojans are really looking forward to having Johnson as he has in each of previous two years, he could have a for a whole season. When the 2009 season ended it was special season. unsure whether he would be back, but the NCAA granted him another season due to an injury during his fi nal season North Carolina transfer Alex Stepheson takes over in the post at UConn. Last year he had to sit out the fi rst semester after for the Trojans and promises to be a force in the paint. This transferring to USC from Connecticut and then had a couple talented junior forward was one of UNC’s top shot blockers of injuries which limited his playing time, but when he was on and rebounders off the bench two seasons ago and has the the court the Trojans were a different team. USC posted a ability to quickly establish himself as one of the top big men 13-4 record in games which he was available to play due to in the conference. the intangibles and leadership he brings. Johnson played in 16 games and averaged 3.1 points and 1.8 rebounds, while Add to that promising sophomore forwards Nikola Vucevic making 12 steals. He also contributed with several highlight and Leonard Washington and you can see that the cupboard reel dunks. is far from bare and why O’Neill is anxious to get his fi rst season going. Simmons, a junior, fi nally returned to full health late last season after playing the fi rst year and a half with a lingering “I am really excited about the upcoming season,” said O’Neill. ankle injury and really provided USC with a spark down the “This is a great place to coach, a top-notch university, world-

Dwight Lewis Marcus Johnson Leonard Washington

2009-2010 • 22 • USC BASKETBALL 2009-2010 OUTLOOK CONTINUED stretch. He averaged 1.9 points and 1.2 rebounds in 27 averaged 4.3 points and 4.5 rebounds while coming off the games, but developed as a defensive stopper for the bench for the Tar Heels. He was third on the team with 33 Trojans and averaged four points per game in USC’s blocks and led North Carolina in rebounding six times. fi nal nine contests. He scored 11 points in the game at Stanford, started all three games during USC’s run He won’t be alone up front as both Vucevic and Washington to the Pac-10 Tournament title and started in the NCAA showed a great deal of promise during their freshman Tournament fi rst-round win over Boston College. In the seasons. Vucevic spent the summer polishing his game by Pac-10 Tournament semi-fi nal win vs. UCLA, Simmons playing for his native Montenegro team in the U20 European guarded all-conference guard Darren Collison and Championships where he was the top rebounder with a held him to 1-for-9 shooting and forced him into seven 10.8 average and led his squad by scoring 15.5 points per turnovers. game. Last year for USC, Vucevic averaged 2.6 points and 2.7 rebounds in 23 games, including three starts. The Trojans will be looking for a new starting point guard with the departure of Hackett and they may not have to Washington started 13 games for USC as a freshman look any farther than to the junior Smith. He was brought and averaged 6.1 points and 4.2 rebounds. He averaged in to backup Hackett last season and got off to a slow start 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds in his fi rst 10 games, before and fell out of the rotation, but has worked very hard in suffering an ankle injury which kept him out of fi ve games the offseason. He averaged 2.3 points last season, but and then slowed him for much of the rest of the season. as a freshman at Mt. SAC college averaged 21.7 points Still, he fi nished fourth on the team in rebounds and third and made 100 three-pointers. in blocked shots. In USC’s fi nal game vs. NCAA runner-up Michigan State, Washington scored 10 points and grabbed Also vying for time running the offense will be the senior seven rebounds. Gerrity. He transferred to USC from Charlotte and will have to sit out the fi rst semester, but brings with him a A big wild card for the Trojans could be redshirt junior Kasey great deal of experience. He averaged 4.7 points and Cunningham. The talented forward had his 2009 cut short 3.5 assists in 26 games for Charlotte two seasons ago due to a knee injury after just four games. His fi nal game and averaged 14.1 points as a freshman at Pepperdine was the best of his career, as he had 11 points and six in 2006 when he was named WCC Freshman of the Year rebounds in 14 minutes of action vs. Missouri before the by CBSSportsLine. injury which required his third knee surgery in three years. If he can bounce back, he will give the Trojans another Stepheson is expected to anchor the USC front court solid rebounder and scorer inside the paint and another after sitting out the 2009 season following his transfer leader on the court. from North Carolina. He spent last season practicing against the fi rst-round draft pick Gibson and polishing his Freshman forward Evan Smith will look to break into the offensive game. As a sophomore at UNC, Stepheson Trojans’ rotation and brings a good outside shooting touch

Marcus Simmons Nikola Vucevic Donte Smith

2009-2010 • 23 • USC BASKETBALL 2009-2010 OUTLOOK CONTINUED and a high basketball IQ to the table. He averaged If ever there was a time a team coming off three straight 17.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game as a senior at 20-wins seasons and NCAA appearances could sneak Calabasas High last year, earning Daily News All-Area up on someone, this could be it…and that is ﬁ ne with second team honors. USC. The Trojans have a fairly young team, but have some experience and the talent to hold their own in Other Trojans expected to vie for playing time are guards the tough Pac-10 conference. If players adjust to their Percy Miller, Ryan Wetherell, James Dunleavey, Tyler new roles and new system quickly, who knows what the Sugiyama, Daniel Munoz, forwards Jordan Cameron season will bring. Perhaps next season there will be and James Boyd and center Davis Rozitis. talk about USC’s amazing four-year streak.

Miller played in six games as a freshman for USC at the backup guard position. He brings quickness and strong passing skills to the court and hopes to see expanded playing time this season. Wetherell redshirted last season due to an eye injury, but played in 15 games in each of his ﬁ rst two seasons. Dunleavy has improved a great deal in his two seasons at USC and is a strong outside shooter. Also Sugiyama from Chicago, Ill. and Munoz from Coto de Caza, Calif. will be ﬁ ghting for playing time at the guard position.

Cameron returns in the second semester for his second season of basketball following playing receiver for the football team. He is a solid rebounder with a good shooting touch from the outside. Also expected to join the team following his freshman season on the football team is James Boyd. Boyd averaged 23.8 points and 22.4 rebounds last season at Jordan HS in Long Beach, Calif. where he earned all-L.A. City honors. Rozitis is a 7-foot freshman center from Latvia who has shown a great deal of agility and the ability to hit the outside Alex Stepheson shot.

Trojans celebrate knocking off No. 23 ASU to capture USC’s ﬁ rst Pac-10 Tournament

2009-2010 • 24 • USC BASKETBALL As head coach of the Toronto Raptors with All-Star performer Vince Carter.

KEVIN O’NEILL

2009-2010 • 25 • USC BASKETBALL KEVIN O’NEILL HEAD COACH • 1ST YEAR

Kevin O’Neill, 52, was named the new USC ﬁ nal two Marquette teams led the nation in defensive men’s basketball head coach on June 20, 2009, ﬁ eld goal percentage. While at Marquette, he was replacing Tim Floyd who resigned on June 9, 2009 featured in the 1994 Oscar-nominated documentary, after four strong seasons of leading the Trojans. “Hoop Dreams.”

O’Neill brings 13 years of collegiate and NBA He then became Tennessee’s head coach for head coaching experience and has worked in the three seasons (1995-97), inheriting a team that coaching ranks for 30 years. Last year, he served had won just fi ve games in 1994 and getting the as an assistant coach and special assistant to the Volunteers into the NIT by his second season. general manager of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. O’Neill then served as the head coach at North- He has extensive knowledge of the Pac-10 and western for three seasons (1998-2000), where he West Coast basketball as he served as an assistant went 30-56. The 1999 Wildcats team was 15-14 (its at Arizona from 1987-89 when the Wildcats compiled fi rst winning season since 1994) and played in the an 82-19 record and went to three straight NCAA NIT, just the third postseason appearance in school Tournaments, reached one Final Four and posted history. two fi rst-place and one second-place fi nish in the Pac-10. He then served as the Arizona interim He then moved on to the NBA as an assistant head coach for the 2007-08 season when Lute Olson took a leave coach, spending the 2001 season with the playoff-bound New York of absence. O’Neill guided Arizona to a 19-15 record and into the Knick and then two seasons (2002-03) with the Detroit Pistons. The NCAA Tournament despite directing a team with four of its top fi ve Pistons won 50 games, were the Central Division champs and ap- players being freshmen or sophomores. peared in the playoffs both seasons (advancing to the Eastern Con- ference Finals in 2003) and were regarded O’Neill began his NCAA Division I collegiate among the NBA’s premier defensive teams. head coaching career at Marquette, where he went 86-62 (.581) in fi ve seasons (1990-94) O’Neill served as the Toronto Raptors’ and had three postseason appearances. His head coach in 2004. His team started out initial team in 1990 went 15-14 and played in 25-25 and was in position to make the NBA the NIT, the school’s fi rst winning season and playoffs, but then injuries struck and the team postseason trip since 1987. His 1993 squad fi nished with a 33-49 record, just missing a was 20-8 (Marquette’s first 20-win season playoff spot. since 1985) and captured the school’s fi rst NCAA berth since 1983. That season, he was He spent the next three years (2005-07) named the Great Midwest Conference Co- with the Indiana Pacers, the fi rst two as an Coach of the Year, Basketball Weekly Midwest assistant as the club made the NBA playoffs Coach of the Year and National Association of both seasons and the third as a consultant. Basketball Coaches District 11 Coach of the Year and he was a fi nalist for Associated Press O’Neill began his coaching career as National Coach of the Year. the head coach at Central High in Hammon, N.Y. in 1980, then spent the next two years Marquette then went 24-9 in 1994 to earn (1981-82) as the head coach at North Country its fi rst-ever league title and he guided the Coummunity College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Warriors to their fi rst NCAA Sweet Sixteen Within two seasons the program earned a berth since 1979. O’Neill was selected as the berth in the Region III junior college playoffs. 1994 Great Midwest Coach of the Year and the In 1983 he served as the head coach at the NABC District 11 Co-Coach of the Year. His

“I am convinced that in Kevin, we have found the right coach at the right time for our great institution -- a proven winner at the professional and college level who has demonstrated over the years that he recognizes that what happens off the court is equally, if not more important, than what happens on it. We are looking for Coach O’Neill to bring great things to USC basketball.”

-- USC Athletic Director Michael L. Garrett

2009-2010 • 26 • USC BASKETBALL “I couldn’t be more proud and excited to be part of the Trojan family as the new head men’s basketball coach. Not only does USC have one of the richest traditions in college athletics, but this is one of the greatest learning institutions in the world. Cardinal and Gold ﬂ ows throughout the city of Los Angeles, not only because of the success USC has enjoyed on its athletic ﬁ elds, but also because of the countless contributions this institution has made to Los Angeles. It wasn’t that long ago that Pete Carroll arrived at USC, and proceeded to create a level of excitement worldwide for Trojan football that people hadn’t seen before. Coach Carroll not only created a team of winners, but more importantly became an ambassador for our university by showing how you can use athletics to inspire and help the young people of Los Angeles. It’s my goal to do the same with USC basketball - make it a program that both excites and inspires our community”

-- USC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Kevin O’Neill

NAIA’s Marycrest College in Davenport, Ia.

He then became an assistant coach at Delaware for two seasons (1984-85), Tulsa in 1986 and Arizona (1987-89) before land- ing the head coaching job at Marquette. The Tulsa team went 23-9, won the 1986 Missouri Valley Conference tournament and made the NCAA Tournament.

O’Neill was a three-year basketball letter- man at McGill University in Montreal (1976- 79), helping the Redmen to a 52-35 (.598) mark in his career. In his 1978 junior season, McGill posted a school-record 28 wins and advanced to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship tournament.

He received his bachelor’s degree in education from McGill in 1979 and his master’s degree in secondary education from Marycrest in 1983.

O’Neill was born on Jan. 24, 1957, in O’Neill chats with ESPN’s Shelley Smith (above), enjoys Malone, N.Y. His wife’s name is Roberta. the game from the sidelines (below) and is introduced He has a son, Sean. as USC’s new men’s basketball coach by USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett on June 22, 2009 (below left).

2009-2010 • 27 • USC BASKETBALL Kevin O’Neill’s All-Time Coaching Record vs. Opponents Adams State...... 1-0 Indiana ...... 0-5 Rice ...... 1-0 Alabama ...... 2-3 Iowa...... 0-5 Saint Louis ...... 8-5 American ...... 1-0 Jacksonville ...... 1-0 Sam Houston State ...... 2-0 American-Puerto Rico ...... 1-0 Kansas ...... 0-3 San Diego State ...... 1-0 Arizona ...... 0-1 Kentucky ...... 1-6 San Francisco ...... 1-0 Arizona State...... 0-2 LaSalle ...... 0-1 Seton Hall...... 1-1 Arkansas ...... 1-2 Louisiana State ...... 2-1 Siena ...... 0-1 Arkansas-Little Rock ...... 1-0 Louisiana Tech ...... 1-0 South Carolina ...... 1-5 Auburn...... 1-3 Loyola (Ill.)...... 4-0 South Florida ...... 4-0 Austin Peay ...... 1-0 Maine ...... 0-1 Southwestern Louisiana ...... 1-0 Baptist College ...... 1-0 Manhattan ...... 1-0 Stanford...... 0-3 Bethune-Cookman ...... 1-0 Maryland-Baltimore County...... 1-0 St. Francis (N.Y.) ...... 1-0 Boston College ...... 1-1 Maryland-Eastern Shore ...... 1-0 Tennessee Tech ...... 2-1 Butler ...... 2-2 Memphis...... 5-5 Texas A&M ...... 1-0 California ...... 2-0 Miami ...... 2-0 Texas-Pan American ...... 1-0 Charleston Southern ...... 1-0 Michigan ...... 1-5 Texas Southern ...... 1-0 Charlotte...... 0-2 Michigan State ...... 0-6 Towson State...... 1-0 Chicago State...... 5-0 Minnesota...... 2-4 Troy State ...... 1-0 Cincinnati ...... 1-7 Mississippi ...... 2-1 UAB ...... 4-2 College of Charleston...... 0-1 Mississippi State ...... 1-3 UCLA ...... 0-2 Columbia ...... 1-0 Mississippi Valley State ...... 2-0 UMKC ...... 1-0 CS Fullerton ...... 1-0 Morehead State...... 2-0 UNC-Wilmington ...... 1-0 CS Long Beach ...... 1-0 Morgan State...... 1-0 UNLV ...... 1-1 CS Sacramento ...... 1-0 Nebraska ...... 0-1 USC ...... 2-2 Dayton ...... 6-4 Nicholls State ...... 1-0 Vanderbilt ...... 4-2 Delaware State...... 1-0 North Carolina A&T ...... 1-0 Virginia ...... 0-3 DePaul ...... 7-5 North Carolina State...... 1-1 Virginia Tech ...... 1-1 Detroit...... 4-0 Northeastern Illinois ...... 2-0 Washington ...... 1-1 Duke ...... 0-2 Northern Arizona ...... 1-0 Washington State ...... 2-1 East Tennessee State ...... 3-0 Northern Illinois ...... 1-0 Western Carolina ...... 2-0 Evansville ...... 2-4 Notre Dame ...... 2-6 Western Illinois ...... 1-0 Florida ...... 0-6 Oakland (Mich.) ...... 1-1 West Virginia ...... 1-1 Florida State ...... 0-1 Ohio State ...... 2-3 Wisconsin ...... 2-10 Fordham ...... 1-0 Oklahoma State ...... 0-3 Wisconsin-Green Bay ...... 1-1 Fresno State...... 1-0 Oregon ...... 0-2 Wisconsin-Milwaukee...... 2-0 Furman ...... 2-0 Oregon State ...... 3-1 Wofford ...... 2-0 Georgia ...... 1-6 Penn State ...... 3-8 Xavier ...... 0-4 Georgia State ...... 2-0 Pepperdine ...... 0-1 TOTALS ...... 171-180 Houston ...... 3-0 Prairie View A&M ...... 2-0 Illinois ...... 4-5 Purdue...... 1-3 Players O’Neill Coached In College That Went On To the NBA Player School Year NBA Team(s) Jerryd Bayless Arizona 2008 Portland Chase Budinger Arizona 2008 Houston Chris Crawford Marquette 1994 Atlanta Evan Eschmeyer Northwestern 1998-99 New Jersey, Dallas Steve Hamer Tennessee 1995-96 Boston Jordan Hill Arizona 2008 N.Y. Knicks Amal McCaskill Marquette 1992-94 Orlando, San Antonio, Atlanta, Philadelphia Jim McIlvaine Marquette 1991-93 Washington, Seattle, New Jersey Tony Smith Marquette 1990 L.A. Lakers, Miami, Phoenix, Charlotte, Milw., Atlanta

NBA STARS O’NEILL HAS COACHED AT THE NEXT LEVEL Player Years NBA Team(s) Ron Artest 2005-06 Indiana Pacers Chauncey Billups 2003 Detroit Pistons Marcus Camby 2001 New York Knicks Vince Carter 2004 Toronto Raptors Rudy Gay 2009 Memphis Grizzlies O.J. Mayo 2009 Memphis Grizzlies Reggie Miller 2005 Indiana Pacers Jermaine O’Neal 2005-07 Indiana Pacers Tayshaun Prince 2003 Detroit Pistons Glen Rice 2001 New York Knicks

2009-2010 • 28 • USC BASKETBALL KEVIN O’NEILL CAPSULE Kevin O’Neill Year-by-Year College Coaching Record Season School Overall Conference Results/Postseason 1989-90 Marquette 15-14...... (.517) 9-5 ...... (.643) 3rd in Midwestern Collegiate Conference, NIT 1st round 1990-91 Marquette 11-18...... (.379) 7-7 ...... (.500) T-5th Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1991-92 Marquette 16-13...... (552) 5-5 ...... (.500) T-3rd Great Midwest Conference 1992-93 Marquette 20-8...... (.714) 6-4 ...... (.600) 2nd Great Midwest Conference, NCAA 1st round 1993-94 Marquette 24-9 ...... (.727) 10-2 ..... (.833) 1st in Great Midwest Conference, NCAA Sweet 16 1994-95 Tennessee 11-16 ...... (.407) 4-12 .....(.250) 6th SEC East 1995-96 Tennessee 14-15 ...... (.483) 6-10 ..... (.375) T-5th SEC East, NIT 1st round 1996-97 Tennessee 11-16 ...... (.407) 4-12 .....(.250) 6th SEC East 1997-98 Northwestern 10-17 ...... (.370) 3-13 ...... (.188) T-9th Big Ten 1998-99 Northwestern 15-14 ...... (.517) 6-10 ...... (.375) 8th Big Ten, NIT 1st round 1999-00 Northwestern 5-25 ...... (.167) 0-16 ...... (.000) 11th Big Ten 2007-08 Arizona 19-15 ...... (.559) 8-10 ...... (.444) 7th Pac-10, Pac-10 Quarterﬁ nals, NCAA First Round Totals 171-180 ...(.487) 68-106 ..(.391)

AS COLLEGE ASSISTANT COACH Season Team League Position Record Postseason Results 1983-84 Delaware ECC Assistant Coach 11-16 1984-85 Delaware ECC Assistant Coach 12-16 1985-86 Tulsa MVC Assistant Coach 23-9 MVC Tourney Champs, NCAA 1st Round 1986-87 Arizona Pac-10 Assistant Coach 18-12 NCAA 1st Round 1987-88 Arizona Pac-10 Assistant Coach 35-3 Pac-10 Champs, NCAA Final Four 1988-89 Arizona Pac-10 Assistant Coach 29-4 Pac-10 Champs, NCAA Sweet 16

POSTSEASON RESULTS Year Tournament (seed in region) Site Record Results 1990 NIT University Park, Pa. 0-1 Penn State 57, Marquette 54 1993 NCAA (12th in Midwest) Indianapolis, IN 0-1 Oklahoma State 74, Marquette 62 1994 NCAA (6th in Southeast) St. Petersburg, Fla. 2-1 Marquette 81, SW Louisiana 59 St. Petersburg, Fla. Marquette 75, Kentucky 63 Knoxville, Tenn. Duke 59, Marquette 49 1996 NIT Knoxville, Tenn. 0-1 College of Charleston 55, Tennessee 49 1999 NIT Chicago, Ill. 0-1 DePaul 69, Northwestern 64 2008 NCAA (10th in West) Washington, D.C. 0-1 West Virginia 75, Arizona 65

AS HEAD COACH IN THE NBA Season Team League Position Record Postseason Results 2003-2004 Toronto Raptors NBA Head Coach 33-49 TOTALS 33-49 (.402)

AS ASSISTANT COACH/CONSULTANT IN THE NBA Season Team (Head Coach) League Position Record Postseason Results 2000-01 New York Knicks (Jeff Van Gundy) NBA Assistant Coach 48-34 NBA Playoffs, 1st round 2001-02 Detroit Pistons (Rick Carlisle) NBA Assistant Coach 50-32 NBA Playoffs, 2nd round 2002-03 Detroit Pistons (Rick Carlisle) NBA Assistant Coach 50-32 NBA Playoffs, Eastern Finals 2004-05 Indiana Pacers (Rick Carlisle) NBA Assistant Coach 44-38 NBA Playoffs, 2nd round 2005-06 Indiana Pacers (Rick Carlisle) NBA Assistant Coach 41-41 NBA Playoffs, 1st round 2006-07 Indiana Pacers (Rick Carlisle) NBA Consultant 35-47 2008-09 Memphis Grizzlies (Lionel Hollins) NBA Asst. Coach/Consultant 24-58

2009-2010 • 29 • USC BASKETBALL GIB ARNOLD ASSISTANT COACH • 5TH YEAR

Gib Arnold is in his fi fth season as an assistant Association tourney, where they fi nished third. In coach at USC, being named to his position on April 6, 2004, CSI went 24-11, won the Region 18 tourney 2005. Just prior to the 2006-07 season, Arnold was and advanced to the NJCAA tournament. named as one of the top 25 recruiters in the country by Rivals.com and this offseason he was named by While at CSI, Arnold produced 17 players that the same outlet as the number three-ranked assistant committed to Division I schools. His teams also ready to move up to a head coaching job. In 2008, produced in the classroom - during his two year The Bleacher Report named Arnold their No. 1 tenure, his teams hold the highest accumulative “Assistant Who Will Be A Head Coach Soon.” team GPA in school history. He was named back- to-back District 13 Coach of the Year. Arnold has been instrumental in helping USC achieve a record three straight NCAA appearances He spent the previous four seasons (2000-03) and three straight 20-win seasons. In his four years at Pepperdine, where his main duties included with USC, the Trojans have won more games than recruiting and overseeing defensive schemes and in any other span in school history. pressing. As one of the leading recruiters in college Working under Jan van Breda Kolff and USC basketball, Arnold has helped bring some of the top great Paul Westphal, Pepperdine won more Division talent in the world to USC. As the lead recruiter for I games in his four years than during any other four- both DeMar DeRozan and Taj Gibson, Arnold’s efforts year span in school history. Arnold also received helped USC achieve history when for the fi rst time ever two USC much credit for his recruiting while at Pepperdine, signing two WCC basketball players were selected in the fi rst round of the 2009 NBA Freshman of the Year players and multiple all-conference players. Draft (DeRozan No. 9, Gibson No. 26). For his work, Athlon Sports Magazine named Arnold on of the top 10 Division I assistants in the country. Prior to that, Arnold was Arnold is also well respected for his global basketball resume. an assistant at Loyola Marymount and Vanderbilt. He has worked with numerous European and African National teams and conducted clinics in over 20 countries. Current Trojans Attending Punahou High in Honolulu, Hawaii, Arnold was a 6-10 Nikola Vucevic (Montenegro), 7-0 Davis Rozitis (Latvia), prep All-American and Hawaii’s high school Gatorade Player of as well as former players 7-0 Mamadou Diarra (Mali) and 6-11 the Year. He began his collegiate career at Arizona State where Abdoulaye N’Diaye (Senegal) all chose USC with the help of he was awarded the Citi Scholar Athlete Award. Transferring to Arnold’s international recruiting efforts. Dixie State College, he was nominated as one of the Men’s Student Athletes of the Year. Completing his career at UC San Diego, Before joining USC, Arnold spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons Arnold helped the Tritons to a school record 17 consecutive wins as the head men’s basketball coach at the College of Southern and a No. 3 national ranking. Idaho and prior to that, was an assistant at Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Vanderbilt, Utah Valley State College and Provo High Arnold comes from a basketball family. His father, Frank, was School. an assistant at UCLA under John Wooden (the Bruins won three NCAA titles during his tenure), then was the head coach at both “Gib is an BYU and Hawaii. While at BYU, he guided the Cougars to three outstanding coach and WAC championships and to an Elite Eight appearance. recruiter,” said USC Head Coach Kevin O’Neill. Arnold and his wife, Lisa, have fi ve children: Analise (13), “He has developed Ashton (11), Ally (9), Addison (7) and Ace (3). strong local ties which is important to what we want to accomplish here. As a coach he demonstrated the ability teach a fast- paced style at both ends of the court which is something that we would like to do here at USC.”

Arnold, 40, posted a 57-14 record in his two seasons (2004-05) at CSI, including a 33-3 record during the 2005 season. His 2005 Golden Eagles won the Scenic West Athletic Conference title and the Region 18 Tournament and advanced to the National Junior College Athletic 2009-2010 • 30 • USC BASKETBALL BOB CANTU ASSISTANT COACH • 9TH YEAR

Bob Cantu is in his ninth season with the USC He also assists with the scheduling of games as well men’s basketball program, and his 14th overall at the as the teams’ academics. collegiate level. Cantu served his fi rst four seasons under head coach Henry Bibby and the next four In his fi rst year with USC in 2002, the Trojans under head coach Tim Floyd. In four seasons of made an NCAA Tournament appearance, tied for working with Floyd, the Trojans went 85-50, reaching second in the Pac-10 Conference and reached the the NCAA Sweet 16 with a school-record 25 wins in Pac-10 Tournament fi nals while being ranked in the 2006-07 and fi nishing the season ranked No. 15 in AP Top 25 much of the year and fi nishing No. 18 in the fi nal AP poll. In 2007-08 the Trojans went 21-12 the fi nal poll. The Trojans also produced the Pac-10 and last season they went 22-13, while winning the Player of the Year Sam Clancy who was drafted by Pac-10 Tournament championship and advancing the Philadelphia 76ers. to the NCAA tournament, making it a school-record three consecutive seasons. Other highlights include a return appearance to the Pac-10 Tournament fi nal in 2003, as well as In May of 2008 Cantu was recognized by beating UCLA fi ve out of six games from 2002-04. FoxSports.com as a Top 20 college basketball Other notable players during Cantu’s tenure include assistant. Cantu has also been recognized by 2004 signee Robert Swift who opted to enter the Hoopscoop as one of the top 25 assistant coaches NBA Draft from high school and was selected 12th in the country for three straight years. overall by Seattle Supersonics, two-time All Pac-10 Player Desmon Farmer and Jeff McMillan, 2004 Cantu, who has established himself as one of the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year. premiere recruiters in the college game, played an instrumental role the Trojans’ 2007 recruiting class being ranked No. 1 in the Cantu came to USC after a year-and-a-half serving as an country by ESPN and Hoopscoop. In 2009, DeMar assistant coach at Sacramento State (2000-01). While with the DeRozan was taken No. 9 and Taj Gibson No. 26 Hornets, his responsibilities included recruit- making USC the only school in the country with a ing (he signed one of the top classes in school top 16 draft pick in each of the last three NBA drafts. history), fund-raising (including securing John In the 2007 NBA Draft, Nick Young was selected Wooden for a tip-off banquet), coordinating the No. 16 by Washington and Gabe Pruitt No. 32 by team defense, organizing individual workouts, Boston and in 2008, O.J. Mayo was selected No. 3 controlling the operation budget and monitoring by Minnesota. During Cantu’s tenure, nine players academics. from USC have played or are currently playing in Prior to that, Cantu spent three seasons (1997- the NBA, including four fi rst round draft picks in the 1999) as assistant coach at Cuesta College in last three years. San Luis Obispo, Calif. While at Cuesta, Cantu USC’s 2008 recruiting class was ranked No. 7 served as the recruitment and placement coor- nationally by Hoopscoop. In the last two seasons dinator as well as defensive coordinator. Cantu Young (2007) and. Mayo (2008) were selected fi rst- also conducted all individual workouts. In his team All-Pac-10, while Gibson (Defensive Player of three years with the Cougars, the team averaged the Year, 2009, 2nd Team, 2009, 3rd Team, 2008), 23 wins and claimed a pair of Western State Daniel Hackett (2nd Team, 2009), DeRozan (All- Conference titles. He also placed 10 players Freshman Team, 2009), Davon Jefferson (Honor- with Division I scholarships. able Mention, 2008), Pruitt (HM, 2007) and Lodrick Before his tenure at Cuesta, Cantu served Stewart (HM, 2007) were also named to All-Pac-10 (1996-1997) as a basketball administrative teams. assistant at Cal Poly. His responsibilities with In 2006, the Trojans returned only four players the Mustangs included film exchange, film and surprised many with a 17-13 record highlighted breakdown, scouting, assisting in recruiting, and with wins over defending NCAA champion North directing the summer basketball camps. Cantu Carolina, 2006 NCAA runner-up UCLA, Arizona and served as director of the camps from its inception Stanford. Trojans Young and Pruitt were named fi rst- and helped raise participation to more than 600 team All-Pac-10 and Ryan Francis was honorable in two years. mention on the Pac-10 all freshman team. After the Cantu spent three seasons (1993-96) as the 2004 season, Cantu was promoted to Recruiting Co- Head JV coach and varsity assistant coach at ordinator and led the Trojans recruiting efforts. One Mission Prep High in San Luis Obispo. He guided of coach Floyd’s fi rst moves when taking over the the Royals to three league championships. He Trojans was to retain Cantu. He played a huge role founded the Fundamental Basketball Camps in in the transition of the program. His efforts helped 1997 in his hometown of Paso Robles. His camp USC secure a Top 10 ranked recruiting class in 2005 has become a popular place for kids of all ages according to HoopScoop. The 2006 recruiting class to improve their basketball skills. was even stronger with three top 50 recruits and an overall No. 1 recruiting class in the Pac-10 according He was a three- year varsity player at Paso to HoopScoop. His on-court responsibilities include Robles High School before graduating in 1992. working with the perimeter players and assisting with He attended Cuesta College and Cal Poly before the teams’ offense and defense. He recruits high receiving his bachelor’s degree in sociology from school, junior college and prep schools nationwide, Chapman University in 1997. Cantu is single and as well as coordinates offi cial and unoffi cial visits. resides in Marina Del Rey. 2009-2010 • 31 • USC BASKETBALL PHIL JOHNSON ASSISTANT COACH • 5TH YEAR

Phil Johnson, with more than 20 years of coach- All fi ve years he worked for the Wildcats, they ing experience in basketball, is in his fi fth season as played in the NCAA Tournament, winning the a USC assistant coach. national championship in 1997. Arizona posted a composite 133-35 record in his fi ve seasons. “I have a great respect for the basketball knowl- He also was an assistant coach at Tulsa in edge of Phil Johnson and am very pleased that he 1991 and under Floyd at the University of New has decided to stay at USC,” said head coach Kevin Orleans in 1992 and 1993. O’Neill. “He is a superior basketball tactician and has had an integral role in what USC has accomplished Johnson’s coaching career began in 1983 at the past few seasons.” his alma mater, East Central Oklahoma Uni- versity, where he led the Tigers to conference Johnson served as former head coach Tim championships in each of his three seasons Floyd’s right-hand man , playing a key role in prepar- (1983-85), reaching the NAIA Division IX fi nals ing the game plans. Along with all of his assistant in 1984. coaching and recruiting duties, he has an important His fi rst head coaching job, at the age of role of working with the development of USC’s big 28, was at Northern Oklahoma Junior College men. He worked as an assistant with Floyd twice (1986-87), before moving to Seminole Junior before, fi rst at the University of New Orleans and College for three seasons (1988-90). His 1988 then with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. Seminole team won a state championship and the 1989 squad was a conference champion. Johnson, 51, was the head coach at San Jose for three seasons (2002-2004), his second stint at the helm of the Spartan’s Lute Olson credits Johnson with developing some of their program. He also served as San Jose State’s head coach for better big men while at Arizona as an assistant, including Bennett the 1999 season, before leaving to become an assistant with the Davison, A.J. Bramlett, Ray Owes, Joseph Blair and Ben Davis, Bulls. In 1999, the Spartans won nine more games than they did all who were selected in the NBA draft. the previous season, one of the top-20 turnaround programs in the country that season. Included in San Jose’s 12 wins were upsets Johnson graduated from East Central Oklahoma in 1981 over UNLV coached by Jerry Tarkanian and UTEP coached by with a bachelor’s degree in education. He went on to earn his Don Haskins, both members of the 700-win club. master’s degree in education from Henderson State in 1982. As a player, he was co-captain of the 1979 ECOU team. Prior to coaching at San Jose State, Johnson served fi ve years (1994-98) as an assistant coach at Arizona under Lute Olson. Johnson is single and resides in Santa Monica.

2009-2010 • 32 • USC BASKETBALL TONY MILLER STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING MANAGER • 1ST YEAR

Tony Miller is in his fi rst season with the Trojans Marquette into the NCAA Sweet 16 with a coast-to- as strength and conditioning manager. coast drive against Kentucky’s full-court press. He averaged 7.2 points and 8.3 assists in 33 games. After starring at point guard for Marquette under He scored 10.8 points and dished out 7.5 assists then head coach Kevin O’Neill, Miller went on to as a senior and led Marquette to a second place enjoy a 12-year playing career in Europe, playing fi nish in the 1995 NIT. He ranks seventh all-time for teams in Holland, Belgium, Lithuania and the in NCAA history with 956 career assists. He is the United Kingdom. Miller was a Dutch League All-Star Marquette career leader in assists and holds the in 1998 and 2000 and helped lead his Den Helder school single-game record with 17 vs. Memphis team to the 1998 Dutch League title. That season on March 4, 1995. he averaged 14.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.6 steals per game while making 49.6 percent of his shots. He was a football and basketball star at St. Joseph High in Ohio and shocked a lot of people when he Miller had a standout four seasons at Marquette chose basketball and decided to play collegiately (1992-95), the fi rst three with O’Neill as his head at Marquette for O’Neill. His high school football coach. He started all 29 games as a freshman in teammates Desmond Howard and Elvis Grback 1991-92 and averaged 6.4 points and 7.6 assists. both went on to play football at Michigan and His total of 221 assists set a Marquette single-sea- then in the NFL. Miller was an all-conference son freshman record and were the most by any freshman in quarterback as a junior and led St. Joseph’s to the 1990 State the country. He served as a team captain his fi nal three sea- Championships, but dropped the sport to focus on basketball. sons at Marquette, guiding them into the NCAA Tournament As a senior, he led his team to the Ohio Division I State Cham- in 1993 and 1994. He averaged 8.8 points and 7.6 assists pionship basketball title. as a sophomore and led the Great Midwest Conference in three-point fi eld goal percentage (46.9). As a junior he lead Miller was born on April 16, 1973 in Cleveland, Ohio.

2009-2010 • 33 • USC BASKETBALL DWAYNE POLEE DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS • 3RD YEAR

Dwayne Polee is in his third season as USC’s man. Transferred to Pepperdine for his ﬁ nal Director of Basketball Operations, being named to three seasons. He averaged 11.0 points and 4.0 the position effective July 1, 2007. rebounds as a sophomore (1983-84), 15.7 points and 3.5 rebounds as a junior (1984-85) and 15.7 Polee, 46, was an assistant coach at Los Angeles points and 2.8 rebounds as a senior (1985-86) at Southwest Community College for the 2000-01 sea- Pepperdine. Graduated from Pepperdine with son, helping lead the Cougars to the 2001 California a degree in Physical Education. State Championship. Polee was a third round selection (54th pick In addition to coaching, Polee’s career includes overall) in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Los An- 12 years of experience as a social worker for Los geles Clippers. He played in just one game for Angeles County, working to positively affect the the Clippers, playing six minutes and scoring lives of Los Angeles Country residents. He has also two points. He also played professionally for served as an instructor the last three USC basketball the Colima Lemaneros in Mexico from 1989-91 camps. and was a member of the U.S. traveling team in Europe from 1987-89. Polee, born and raised in Los Angeles, was a legendary high school basketball player in the city. He started as a freshman at Along with his administrative duties, Polee brings a strong Verbum Dei High which was the No. 1 ranked high school team background in working with young players and experience at in the country at the time. He then transferred to Manual Arts guard development. High as a sophomore and graduated from that school in 1981. As a senior, he almost single-handedly led the Toilers to the 1981 Polee and his wife Yolanda reside in Los Angeles. They City Championship by scoring a championship-record 43 points have two children, Dwayne Polee, Jr. (17) who is a senior at in Manual Arts’ 82-69 win over perennial power Crenshaw at the Westchester High in Los Angeles and Ashli (9). Los Angeles Sports Arena before a city ﬁ nals record 14,123 fans. Polee was named the 1981 Los Angeles High School Player of the Year.

He began his collegiate career at UNLV for the 1981-82 season and averaged 8.4 points and 3.5 rebounds as a fresh-

2009-2010 • 34 • USC BASKETBALL ADAM COHEN VIDEO COORDINATOR • 1ST YEAR BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF Adam Cohen is in his fi rst season at USC’s video coordinator for the men’s basketball team and is in charge of coordinating fi lm exchange and breakdown, as well as assisting in scouting preparation. Cohen graduated from Arizona in 2008 with a Bachelors in Political Science. He served as student manager/assistant video coordinator at Arizona for three years, including on Kevin O’Neill’s staff in 2008. He spent the 2009 season as a graduate assistant at New Orleans under head coach Joe Pasternack and is working on a masters degree in Political Science. DAVID BORCHARDT LIZZY FRIEDMAN He has worked numerous summer basketball camps including Five Star, Athletic Trainer Administrative Assistant Arizona, Buffalo and USC. Cohen also ran a camp in Chengdu, China in the Summer of 2007 for Nike Basketball. He grew up in Buffalo, NY and went to Williamsville North High where he played basketball all four seasons, including serving as captain his senior year. RYAN HENNICK OPERATIONS ASSISTANT • 1ST YEAR Ryan Hennick is in his fi rst season as a basketball operations assistant at USC. He spent last season as events coordinator for the basketball team at Rice in Houston, Tex- as. Hennick joined the Rice staff from Arizona where he served as a student manager while BRENT METZ ERIK PEREA an undergraduate and went on to serve as an Strength and Conditioning Galen Center Equipment administrative assistant to coaches Lute Olson and Kevin O’Neill. In 2008 at Arizona, Hennick was the recruiting/program coordinator in addition to working with O’Neil. He was responsible for coordinating mail outs to recruits and maintain- ing a recruiting data base. During the summer months while at Arizona, Hennick gained valuable experience staffi ng and directing camps and tournaments. For three years he served as tournament director as well as a statistician and scorekeeper for the Arizona Cactus Classic AAU Tournament. He also spent three summers serving as assistant camp director of the Lute Olson Basketball Camp. Hennick’s camp experience also stretches beyond the state VANESSA RIDEAU DAVID TUTTLE of Arizona’s borders. He served as co-camp director of the Nike Power Offi ce Manager Sports Information Factory Basketball Camp held in Shenyang, China during the summer of 2007. He was also an administrative assistant, coach and instructor at the famed Five-Star Basketball Camps both in 2006 and 2008. Hennick earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications OFFICE ASSISTANTS from the University of Arizona in 2006. STAN HOLT GRADUATE MANAGER • 3RD YEAR Stan Holt is in his third year with the USC Men’s Basketball program. In his fi rst year Holt was responsible for on-fl oor practice coordina- tion, equipment, preparing the locker room and bench area for games, and other logistical du- Morgan Londyn Danielle Chelsea ties. In addition to those responsibilities, Holt Butler Gage Gordon Hairston added assisting with recruiting administrative tasks, organizing the managerial staff, and par- ticipating in staff meetings. TEAM MANAGERS Holt earned his bachelor’s degree in Psy- chology, with a minor in Business Administra- tion, in May, 2007. A Dean’s List student, he graduated cum laude and is pursuing his master’s degree in Post-Secondary Administration and Student Affairs with an emphasis in Athletic Administration. Before joining the basketball program, Holt was a student manager with the Rose Bowl Champion USC Football team for the 2006-2007 season. Holt coached High School basketball during the 2004-2005 season at Corona Del Mar, Ca., and has coached at over 20 different basket- Doug Jordan Kendrick Chris ball camps throughout California. Cottier Flatt Rancharan Steele 2009-2010 • 35 • USC BASKETBALL 2009 • 2010 USC Roster

• NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 0 Marcus Johnson F 6-6 210 Sr.* 2/13/87 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 1 Alex Stepheson F 6-9 235 Jr.* 8/7/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS/North Carolina) 2 Ryan Wetherell G 5-11 175 Jr.* 2/12/88 Calgary, Alberta, CN (Sir Winston Churchill HS) 3 James Dunleavy G 6-6 195 So. 9/14/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS) 4 Leonard Washington F 6-7 230 So. 7/25/88 Lake Charles, LA (Marion HS) 5 Nikola Vucevic F 6-10 220 So. 10/24/90 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) 10 Tyler Sugiyama G 5-10 150 Fr. 12/11/90 Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier HS) 13 Davis Rozitis F/C 7-0 215 Fr. 3/16/90 Cesis, Latvia (Cesis State Grammar School) 14 Donte Smith G 5-11 180 Jr.* 4/23/88 Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS/Mt. SAC) 15 Percy Miller G 5-11 170 So. 8/19/89 New Orleans, LA (Beverly Hills HS) 20 Marcus Simmons G 6-6 200 Jr. 1/28/88 Alexandria, LA (Peabody HS) 21 Dwight Lewis G 6-5 215 Sr. 10/7/87 Metairie, LA (James Taylor HS-TX) 22 Evan Smith F 6-7 210 Fr. 8/10/90 Calabasas, CA (Calabasas HS) 32 James Boyd F 6-5 230 Fr. 10/10/91 Bakersﬁ eld, CA (Jordan HS) 33 Jordan Cameron F 6-5 220 Jr.* 8/7/88 Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park HS/BYU/Ventura JC) 35 Daniel Munoz G 5-10 175 Fr. 12/24/90 Coto de Caza, CA (Santa Margarita HS) 43 Kasey Cunningham F 6-7 225 Jr.* 7/3/88 Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) 44 Mike Gerrity G 6-1 180 Sr.* 8/14/86 Yorba Linda, CA (Mater Dei HS/Pepperdine/Charlotte)

* Utilized redshirt year

• ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 32 James Boyd F 6-5 230 Fr. 10/10/91 Bakersﬁ eld, CA (Jordan HS) 33 Jordan Cameron F 6-5 220 Jr.* 8/7/88 Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park HS/BYU/Ventura JC) 43 Kasey Cunningham F 6-7 225 Jr.* 7/3/88 Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) 3 James Dunleavy G 6-6 195 So.* 9/14/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS) 44 Mike Gerrity G 6-1 180 Sr.* 8/14/86 Yorba Linda, CA (Mater Dei HS/Pepperdine/Charlotte) 0 Marcus Johnson F 6-6 210 Sr.* 2/13/87 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 21 Dwight Lewis G 6-5 215 Sr. 10/7/87 Metairie, LA (James Taylor HS-TX) 15 Percy Miller G 5-11 170 So. 8/19/89 New Orleans, LA (Beverly Hills HS) 35 Daniel Munoz G 5-10 175 Fr. 12/24/90 Coto de Caza, CA (Santa Margarita HS) 13 Davis Rozitis F/C 7-0 215 Fr. 3/16/90 Cesis, Latvia (Cesis State Grammar School) 20 Marcus Simmons G 6-6 200 Jr. 1/28/88 Alexandria, LA (Peabody HS) 14 Donte Smith G 5-11 180 Jr.* 4/23/88 Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS/Mt. SAC) 22 Evan Smith F 6-7 210 Fr. 8/10/90 Calabasas, CA (Calabasas HS) 1 Alex Stepheson F 6-9 235 Jr.* 8/7/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS/North Carolina) 10 Tyler Sugiyama G 5-10 150 Fr. 12/11/90 Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier HS) 5 Nikola Vucevic F 6-10 220 So. 10/24/90 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) 4 Leonard Washington F 6-7 230 So. 7/25/88 Lake Charles, LA (Marion HS) 2 Ryan Wetherell G 5-11 175 Jr.* 2/12/88 Calgary, Alberta, CN (Sir Winston Churchill HS) * Utilized redshirt year HEAD COACH Kevin O’Neill (McGill, 1979), 1st year ASSISTANTS Gib Arnold (BYU, 1995), 5th year Bob Cantu (Chapman, 1997), 9th year Phil Johnson (East Central Oklahoma, 1981) 5th year DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Dwayne Polee (Pepperdine, 1981) 3rd Year

BASKETBALL OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Ryan Hennick (Arizona, 2006) 1st Year VIDEO COORDINATOR Adam Cohen (Arizona, 2008) 1st Year

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