USC football hires former Tennessee assistant coach
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A former Tennessee football assistant coach was hired at USC on Tuesday. Mike Ekeler was hired as the Trojans’ special teams coordinator and linebackers coach.
He returns to USC after being linebackers coach for the Trojans in 2013.
“This is an exciting return to USC for Mike and his family,” USC head coach Lincoln Riley said. “Mike’s special teams and linebacker units are elite, and he brings 23 years of Power Four experience on staffs that have produced some of the nation’s finest defenses and special teams. We’re thrilled to welcome him back to Los Angeles as part of our program.”
Ekeler was Tennessee’s outside linebackers and special teams coordinator from 2021-24. He departed the Vols for Nebraska in 2025 and served as the Cornhuskers’ special teams coordinator.
Ekeler played linebacker at Kansas State from 1991-94. He launched his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma in 2003.
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