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Luke Huard to serve as interim inside receivers coach

Erik-McKinneyby:Erik McKinney•03/21/22•

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USC head coach Lincoln Riley announced Monday that Dave Nichol, USC’s inside receivers coach and associate head coach for offense, is away from the team and focusing on a private medical matter.

Luke Huard, hired by USC in February as an offensive analyst, will step in as interim inside receivers coach. He will remain there indefinitely.

Huard is the younger brother of former NFL quarterbacks Damon and Brock Huard. But Luke has carved out his own path through the coaching ranks. He’s spent the past three years as an offensive analyst at Texas A&M. Prior to that, he served as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Sacramento State in 2017 and 2018. He’s also coached at Georgia State and Illinois State.

He’ll be stepping in for Nichol, who has experience coaching at Washington State, East Carolina, Arizona, Baylor and Texas Tech. Most recently, Nichol coached inside receivers at Mississippi State.

USC’s Coaching Staff

USC’s coaching staff shapes up this way:

Lincoln Riley – Head coach

Dennis Simmons – Assistant Head Coach, Outside Wide Receivers Coach, Offensive Passing Game Coordinator

Alex Grinch – Defensive Coordinator, Safeties

Josh Henson – Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line

Donte Williams – Defensive Backs, Defensive Passing Game Coordinator

Roy Manning – Outside Linebackers, Nickels, Assistant Head Coach for Defense

Brian Odom – Inside Linebackers, Associate Head Coach for Defense

Shaun Nua – Defensive Line

Kiel McDonald – Running Backs

Zach Hanson – Tight Ends

Luke Huard – Interim Inside Wide Receivers Coach

Dave Nichol – Inside Wide Receivers, Associate Head Coach for Offense

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