Norton Stays at USC

The LA Times is reporting that Ken Norton Jr. will stay with the Trojans despite a job offer from UCLA.

I'm not all that terribly disappointed to be honest. I wasn't that high on Norton to begin with and I think UCLA would benefit more from hiring Nigel Burton instead. Norton didn't exactly have a defined position at UCLA, so besides his recruiting prowess, there wasn't much he was going to add. He would get a nice title and competitive pay, but in reality he would become an assistant to the assistants. Howard and Bullough are already coaching the D-line and linebackers and Walker is the DC. Norton would have been a 5th wheel.