Off the field, USC’s football program has faced its own challenges this season, struggling with a disappointing 4-5 record and a 2-5 mark in Big Ten conference play. The team is coming off a tough loss to rival Washington, and head coach Riley made the ...

The NCAA has put the USC Trojans football team on a one-year probation and face a $50,000 fine for coaching violations, according to a report from 247 Sports. U

An NCAA investigation found that USC exceeded the allowed number of countable coaches during the 2022 season along with spring practices in 2023.

USC coach Lincoln Riley exceeded the number of staff members allowed to act as coaches and was sanctioned by the NCAA, the organization announced.

As if his third year at USC wasn’t already tumultuous enough, Lincoln Riley is now on probation. On Tuesday, the NCAA announced that USC football has been placed on probation for one year, following a lengthy collaborative investigation that determined the program had violated previously in-place bylaws around analysts engaging in countable coaching activities.