USC • Athletic Dept.

(All numbers are area code 213 unless noted) EQUIPMENT (740-7862) ADMINISTRATION (740-3843) Director of Equipment Operations: Todd Hewitt Charles Griffi n Cale Director of Athletics’ Chair: Pat Haden Director of Football Equipment Operations: David Scott Senior Associate Directors: Dr. Donna C. Heinel (SWA), Mark Jackson, Assistants: Erik Perea (Galen Center), Greg Allen (football), Jim Davis, Tino Steve Lopes, J.K. McKay Dominguez (football), Chris Dozal, Seth Svendsen, Tremarri Limbrick. Assistant Director: Marilee Pischel Assistant Athletic Director, Game Management: Hatcher Parnell (740-4166) TEAM PHYSICIANS Assistant Director of Game Management: Ryan Maier (821-1083) Head Team Physician: James Tibone, M.D. (800-USC-CARE) Galen Center General Manager: Brian Roeder (740-0626) Team Physicians: Michael Apuzzo, John Brodhead, Alan Erlbaum, Rick Hatch, Galen Center Events Manager: Shelby Avol John Hubanks, Charles Liu, Mark Lurie, Ramon Roges, Chester Semel, Jason Assistant Business Managers: Isaac Flores, Andrea Katz, Brendan Loftus Snibbe, Francis Te, Thomas Vangsness, Robert Watkins Steve Reischl Information Technology Director: Johnny Liu Physical Therapy: Edward Scale Information Technology Assistant Director: David Han Chiropractor: Executive Assistant to Athletic Director: Heather Dunn Receptionist/Offi ce Assistant: Rebecca Morin University Personnel Receptionist/Galen Center: TBA Ticket Offi ce Director: Lauren Ranieri (740-4672) Faculty Athletic Representative: Clare Pastore Vice President, Athletic Compliance: David M. Roberts DEVELOPMENT (740-4155) Associate VP, Athletic Compliance: Ellen Ferris Senior Associate Athletic Director: Ron Orr, Don Winston Director of Compliance: Joyce Bell, Paul Perrier, Kevin Sergent, Scott Simon Assistant Athletic Director: Scott Jacobson, Jennifer Noriega Assistant Director: Ralph Shick, Kyle Waterstone, Nathan Wood Director of Development: Karen Bowman, Alexandra Bitterlin, John Robinson, Administrative Assistant: Gigi Shapiro (740-4577) Gregory Millward Assistant to the VP: Danielle Martinez-Galvan (740-6127) Assistant Director of Development: Andres Anton Diaz, Julian Bonse Development Consultant: Barbara Hedges Administrative Assistants: Jill Dennis, Melinda Marion USC Athletics Head Coaches STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC SERVICES (740-3801) Senior Associate Athletic Director: Dr. Magdi El Shahawy — Men’s: Director of Athletic Academic Advising: John Mosbach BASEBALL: Frank Cruz (740-5762) Associate Director/Directed Studies Progr. Coord.: Dr. Denise Kwok BASKETBALL: Kevin O’Neill (740-3815) Assistant Director/Academic Counselor: Toni VanEck FOOTBALL: Lane Kiffi n (740-4204) Academic Counselors: Heather Bell, Cory Buckner, Susie Cognetta, Kam Klaver, GOLF: Director of Golf, Kurt Schuette (740-0687), Chris Zambri (740-0687) Kyle Ross, Whitney Rotrock SWIMMING/DIVING: Dave Salo/Hongping Li (740-8444) Tutorial Coordinator: Dr. Jennifer Castro TENNIS: Peter Smith (740-3829) Learning Specialsts: Mimi Butler, Kevin Bolen TRACK & FIELD: Director of Track & Field, Ron Allice (740-4201) Director of Student Services: Monica Morita VOLLEYBALL: Bill Ferguson (740-3838) Assistant Director of Student Services: Jennifer Amran WATER POLO: Jovan Vavic (740-8444) Academic Monitor: Willie Brown Offi ce Manager: Michelle Boon — Women’s: Mentor Coordinator: Maria Juliani BASKETBALL: Michael Cooper (740-7204) Information Technology Director: Alan Hong CROSS COUNTRY: Tom Walsh (821-2171) Executive Assistant to the Director: Joyce Hirayama GOLF: Andrea Gaston (740-5421) ROWING: Director of Rowing, Zenon Babraj (740-3830) MARKETING (740-4170) SOCCER: Ali Khosroshahin (740-1356) Associate AD, New Media, Strategic Partnerships: Jose Eskenazi SWIMMING/DIVING: Dave Salo/Hongping Li (740-8444) Associate AD, Marketing: Craig Kelley TENNIS: Richard Gallien (740-3828) Assistant Director of Marketing: Sean Jordan TRACK & FIELD: Director of Track & Field, Ron Allice (740-4201) New Media, Strategic Partnership Manager: Jordan Cohen VOLLEYBALL: Mick Haley (740-4151) Marketing Coordinator: Jessica Onyepunuka, Daniel Zerunyan WATER POLO: Jovan Vavic (740-8444) Graphic Designer: Jennifer Griner Associate AD, Outbound Marketing, Ticket Sales: Tim Martin Account Executives: Wyatt Canchola, Brian Gelbach, Michelle Jenkins, Tanya Krisman, Lori Lien, Danika O’Neill Sports Information

TRAINING ROOM (740-5845) SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: (740-8480) Assistant A.D. Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer: Russ Romano Tim Tessalone, Home (310-540-7052), Cell (213) 725-3572 Assistant Athletic Trainers: David Borchardt (men’s basketball), Paul Diaz, ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS: (740-8480) Katherine Hill, Hillery Magness, Sandra Olsen, Justin Shibel, Jon Yonamine Rachel Caton, Darcy Couch, Cell (213-725-3447); Paul Goldberg, Cell (213-725- Rehab Coordinator: John Meyer 3567); David Tuttle, Cell (213-725-3102), Jeremy Wu, Cell (213-379-3977) Nutritionist: Kristy Morrell SPORTS INFORMATION FAX NUMBER: (740-7584) Physical Therapist: Drew Morcos Physical Therapist Sports Resident: Stephanie Hong

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING (740-7990) Head Coach: Aaron Ausmus Assistant Coach: Shaun Brown (Galen Center), Tim Caron, Brent Metz (Galen IT’S NOT ‘SOUTHERN CAL’ Center), Tatyana Obukhova, Tim, Ojeda, Brad Roll, Wendell Richards Note to the media: In references to athletic teams of the University of VIDEO OPERATIONS (740-6803) , the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, Eric Espinoza Director of Video Operations: So. California, Troy and Trojans for men’s or women’s teams, and Women Director of Video Production: Rich Rodriguez of Troy for women’s teams. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal (it’s like Director of Social Media: Jordan Moore calling San Francisco “Frisco” or North Carolina “North Car.”). Producer: Lindsay Crouch

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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, , 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 USC will practice at the Galen Center on the main fl oor or in the practice courts non-transferrable. A valid identifi cation that matches the submitted name (call the USC sports information offi ce for daily practice schedule updates). must be shown and credentials must be picked up in person. At the Galen Practices will be open to local and national media. Media must remain in Center media entrance, media must sign an acknowledgement of the com- a designated area of the practice court. USC coaches and players will be pleted online waiver prior to being issued a credential. available to the media on the practice court immediately after all practices. Telephones: Contact ITS at (213) 821-0687 to order phone service Player Interviews: All requests for player interviews should be at the Galen Center. directed to Dave Tuttle, Assistant Sports Information Director (213) 740-8480. Please make your requests at least 48 hours in advance. Media members Galen Center: The Galen Center (3400 South Figueroa Street) may interview players after USC’s practice sessions or during a class break is located approximately 15 miles from Los Angeles International Airport if possible. No interviews will be granted on the day of a game or prior to (adjacent to the USC campus). Directions: take Century Blvd. east to I-405 practice and under no circumstances are players available for interviews north; exit to I-10 east (toward Los Angeles) to I-110 South; exit Adams Blvd. by calling them in their dorm rooms or apartments. Players are instructed and turn right onto Figueroa St.; go one mile and the Galen Center will be not to grant any telephone or face-to-face interviews unless arrangements on your left. Or take I-405 south to I-105 (toward Norwalk) east to I-110 are made through the USC Sports Information Offi ce. north (toward Pasadena/Los Angeles) and exit at King Blvd. Coach Interviews: All requests for interviews with Kevin O’Neill Media Parking: Media parking is available in Parking Structure 2, and his staff should be directed to Dave Tuttle, Assistant Sports Information next to the Radisson Hotel. The entrance is off Figueroa Street. Director (213) 740-8480.

Media Will Call: “Media Will Call” for Trojan basketball games is Game Services: All members of the working media will be supplied located at the southeast entrance of Galen Center, located off Flower Street. with a game program, statistics and pregame notes as well as complimentary food service. Final and halftime statistics will be furnished along with a play- Post-Game Interviews: USC’s post-game locker room will be by-play. USC will also supply post-game quotes from both head coaches closed, including to the media, in order to comply with NCAA rules that prohibit (and players in the event of outstanding individual performances), in addition impermissible contact with recruits. Head coach Kevin O’Neill and several to post-game notes. players will be brought to the post-game interview room. Additional media Sports Information Staff

Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Asst. Director, Tim Tessalone Rachel Caton Darcy Couch Paul Goldberg David Tuttle Jeremy Wu

Pac-12 Conference Press Rows

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

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Newspapers Television Stations

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 (818) 840-4237, fax (818) 840-3076 92711, (714) 796-7804 or -7817, fax (714) 796-6765 • ocregis- • Steve Leveton (executive producer), Jared Kiemeney ter.com/sports • David Bean (Asst. S.E.), Rich Hammond (bas- ketball beat), Michael Lev, Adam Maya, Mark Whicker (column), KABC (ABC affi liate) – 500 Circle Seven Dr., Glendale 91201, Randy Youngman (columnist), Todd Harmonson (prep sports editor). (818) 863-7677, fax (818) 863-7889 • Rob Fukuzaki, Curt Sandoval, John Hartung, Stan Radford (senior pro- Daily News (lead member of Los Angeles Newspaper Group) – ducer), Dae Ho Suk (producer) 21221 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills 91364, (818) 713-3600 or -3607, fax (818) 713-3436 • dailynews.com/sports • (Los Angeles Newspaper Group also KTLA (CW Network) – 5800 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 90028, includes Long Beach Press-Telegram, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Inland (323) 460-5500 or -5907, fax (323) 460-5333 Valley Daily Bulletin, San Bernardino Sun, Pasadena Star-News, Ontario • Leila Feinstein, Rebecca Hall, Tom Klimasz (producer) Daily Bulletin and Whittier Daily News); Gene Warnick (S.E., Daily News); Scott Wolf (basketball beat), Tom Hoffarth (columnist). KTTV/KCOP (Fox) – 1999 So. Bundy Dr., Los Angeles 90025-5235, (310) 584-2030, fax (310) 584-2168 Long Beach Press-Telegram – 300 Oceangate, Long Beach 90844, • Rick Garcia, Rod Cohen (producer) (562) 499-1330, fax (562) 437-8914 • presstelegram.com/sports

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) NIKOLA VUCEVIC TALKS TO FSN’S PATRICK O’NEAL Daily Trojan (USC student newspaper – Student Union 404, USC, Los ABOVE AND DEMAR DEROZAN TALKS TO FOX’S Angeles 90089-0895, (213) 740-5671, fax (213) 740-5666 • dailytrojan. com/sports • Sean McCormick (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

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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 • 763-4646 (news), fax (213) 763-4633 espn.com/losangeles/radio • Chris Fisher (play-by-play), Brandon Granville • Brad Zager (Producer), Micah King (Producer), Kyle Reischling (Regional (color), Steve Mason, John Ireland, Beto Duran, Dave Joseph, Drew Belzer producers), Michael Eaves, Lindsay Soto, Patrick O’Neal, Jim Watson (Re- (producer), 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 -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) usctrojans.com. XPRS (1090) – 3655 Nobel Drive, #470, San Diego 92122, (858) 535- 2500, fax (858), 453-8377 • xxsportsradio.com • Dave Palet, Jeff Dotseth, 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 Brandon Granville Radio Play-by-Play Radio Color Commentary

Chris Fisher begins his third season Brandon Granville begins his fi rst of broadcasting USC men’s basketball season as the color analyst on the games. The 26-year-old USC graduate USC men’s basketball broadcasts, after spent four years broadcasting minor spending the past four seasons calling league baseball and also has called games for Fox Sports. sporting events on USC’s website Granville was a star point guard at and campus radio station. Fisher USC from 1999-02 and still is the school was named as the radio play-by-play all-time leader in assists and steals. He announcer for USC men’s basketball averaged 11.5 points and 6.3 assists broadcasts on July 9, 2010, taking over in his four-year career and helped lead for the late Rory Markas who called Tro- USC to the Elite Eight in 2001. jan basketball games for 12 seasons. As a senior, Granville was named “I am thrilled and thankful to continue to be a part of the Trojan Pac-10 honorable mention and selected to the conference All- Family,” said Fisher. “However, the unfortunate circumstances of Tournament team. He also had a string of 34 consecutive free how this position opened up are not forgotten as Rory Markas was throws made. As a junior, he led the conference in assists with a a tremendous mentor and an even better person to me. This has 6.1 average which ranked 18th in the country. As a sophomore been a humbling process and I am appreciative that USC has put he set the USC record for assists in a single season with 248. He its conviction in me.” was also named honorable mention on the Pac-10 All-Freshman Fisher teams with USC’s new color analyst Brandon Granville team. Granville also ranks second all-time by a Trojan in games this season in calling the action on 710 ESPN Radio. The fi rst two played (124), minutes played (4,043) and three-point baskets seasons he teammed with Jim Hefner, a Trojan assistant coach made (218). in the 1960s and 1970s. Granville graduated from USC in 2002 with a degree in So- Fisher spent three seasons as the play-by-play broadcaster ciology and then graduated from the Loyola Law School in 2007 for the Eugene (Ore.) Emeralds, a minor league affi liate of the and works at the Granville Law Group in Beverly Hills, Calif. San Diego Padres in the short-season Class A Northwest League. He spent 2008 calling the play-by-play for the Potomac Nation- als in Woodbridge, Va., an affi liate of the Washington Nationals. The Nationals won their division and league titles in the Class A Advanced Carolina League in 2008.

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