Lincoln Riley leaves Oklahoma for USC
On November 28, 2021, USC hired Lincoln Riley, who was Oklahoma’s head football coach.
Lincoln Riley, USC head coach
USC has an unparalleled football tradition with tremendous resources and facilities, and the administration has made a deep commitment to winning …
Associated Press, via KSAT
Day by day
- Nov 28, 2021USC hired Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma.
- Same dayBob Stoops was named Oklahoma’s interim coach through the bowl season.
- Nov 29, 20211 day laterOklahoma’s athletic director said the school had begun a search for its next head coach.
The announcement
Associated Press
Riley went 55-10 in five seasons leading the Sooners, winning four Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff appearances in his first head coaching job.
USC hired Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley on Sunday …
Bob Stoops, Riley’s predecessor, will serve as the team’s interim coach through the bowl season …
What Riley and Oklahoma said
Through Nov 29, 2021
Regrets the departure
Joe Castiglione, Oklahoma athletic director
When we met with the team today, I communicated to our players that our program is about them …
… we have begun the search for our next great leader …
Reports the move without a side
Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma head coach
This was a personal decision solely based on my willingness to go take on a new challenge, and I felt like it was the right opportunity for me and my family to do that.
Related
- Dec 6, 2015Georgia hires Kirby Smart
- Nov 26, 2016Texas fires Charlie Strong and hires Tom Herman
- Nov 15, 2020South Carolina fires Will Muschamp
- Lincoln Riley leaves Oklahoma for USCThis page
- Nov 30, 2021Brian Kelly leaves Notre Dame for LSU
- Dec 6, 2021Cristobal leaves Oregon for Miami
- Dec 11, 2024North Carolina hires Bill Belichick
Sources
News and releases
KSAT, Nov 28, 2021“USC hires coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma”
Associated Press, via KSAT
CBS Sports, Nov 28, 2021“Oklahoma AD responds after coach Lincoln Riley leaves Sooners for USC in surprising move”
- KGOU, Nov 29, 2021
“Lincoln Riley leaving OU to become USC’s head coach”
Oklahoma’s statements, as printed by KGOU