"In early 2024, USC's head coach and athletic director set out to find a general manager, eyeing a figure who could modernize the Trojans' front office operation for college football's money era. They interviewed a vast pool of candidates, rising personnel stars across both the Power 4 and NFL ranks."
""We probably talked more about that [search] than any other single topic in the years that we've been here together," Riley told ESPN earlier this month. "We both knew how important it was to find the right fit and to equip that person with a great staff.""
"Eventually, USC honed in on a brash, intensely energetic 30-year-old with front office pedigree and a grasp of the sport's evolving landscape: Notre Dame's Chad Bowden. The son of Jim Bowden, formerly the general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, Bowden was the University of Cincinnati's director of recruiting when the Bearcats reached the College Football Playoff in 2021."
Lincoln Riley and Jen Cohen conducted a more-than-nine-month search in early 2024 to hire a general manager aimed at modernizing USC's front office for college football's money era. The search included candidates from the Power 4 and NFL; James Blanchard and Courtney Morgan declined offers. The search extended into fall 2024 amid USC's 7-6 finish in Riley's third season. USC ultimately hired 30-year-old Chad Bowden, son of former MLB GM Jim Bowden, who had been Cincinnati's director of recruiting and helped overhaul Notre Dame's personnel and roster.
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