USC inside receivers coach Dave Nichol steps away indefinitely

New USC inside receivers coach Dave Nichol stepped away from the workforce to give attention to a “non-public medical matter”, USC introduced Monday, at some point earlier than the workforce was set to open spring observe.

Luke Huard, who joined USC’s workers as an offensive analyst final month, will serve in his place whereas Nichol is away.

As USC’s affiliate head coach for offense, Nichol was anticipated to play a significant function. He was employed to USC’s workers in December after spending the earlier two seasons at Mississippi State underneath Mike Leach, who additionally helped launch Lincoln Riley’s teaching profession.

Nichol, a former Texas Tech receiver, began his profession as scholar assistant working with quarterbacks underneath Leach, simply as Riley got here to the varsity as a walk-on passer. Riley quickly adopted Nichol onto Leach’s workers as a scholar assistant himself, with each ultimately working their approach as much as assistant roles.

Huard steps into the function of interim inside receivers coach after spending the final three seasons as an offensive analyst at Texas A&M. A former quarterback at North Carolina, Huard spent the eight years previous to that as an offensive coordinator or quarterbacks coach at Sacramento State, Georgia State and Illinois State.