Carroll’s Rules Violation Could Hurt USC

July 14, 2010 /
Former USC football coach Pete Carroll shows his game face in denouncing the NCAA’s penalties against the school, contending they are too harsh because he and other administrators never knew that star athletes such as Reggie Bush had violated the rules.

But Carroll has been shy about mentioning that the NCAA found his quiet hiring of an extra coach, a big name from the NFL, was a major violation. The association also said that Carroll did not clear the hire with USC’s compliance office, a finding that contradicts what he told The Times last year.

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