Good morning! You’ll be pleased to know that the pads are coming out as USC football is officially back in action and ready to take on the 2023-24 college football season.

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🔼 Best In The Biz. USC beach volleyball has officially promoted long time assistant coach Gustavo Rocha. Rocha is coming off an incredible season with the team where he saw his squad not only win a national championship, but earned a 2023 AVCA National Coach of the Year award.

🗣️ “Gustavo is quite simply one of the best coaches in our game today. He is a master of technique, an inspirational voice in the box, and one of the top volleyball minds in the sport.” - Head Coach Dain Blanton

Quite the high praise from the boss. With staffing and positioning ironed out, the Women of Troy can now focus on the task ahead: repeating as national champions.

🔼 Stopping By. Some familiar faces were able to show up at practice this week during USC men’s basketball training. A fair share of USC alum hit to the court this weekend and brought the heat to help the young guys prepare for the season ahead.

🔼 Jumping In. The Trojans have seen some action surrounding track and field this weekend, including the addition to the jumps squad.

👟 Gavin Champ will be joining the Trojans for this upcoming season and will compete in the triple jump event. The TCU transfer is clearly ready to leap into action.

👟 Aaron Kingsley Brown has achieved great things during his career as a sprinter, and he continues to see success. Over the weekend, Brown placed first yet another time in the 100-meter event to capture the Canadian National Championship

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Winner. Track star Aaron Kingsley Brown has done what it takes to be a winner, but do you know how many times he has won a Canadian National Championship?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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USC football is all the way back, and we don’t want you to miss any of the action. Get caught up from a busy weekend of football to stay in the know of the happenings around Fall Camp.

🎥 Watch this edition of Quick Hits to hear from Coach Riley and his thoughts on the start to Fall Camp

🗣️ Get pumped up from this in-huddle speech to his team

🦁 This former USC Trojan cracked the NFL Top 100 list for the first time in his career

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday 8/17

⚽️ Soccer vs. Michigan @ 3:00pm PT | Purchase Tickets

Friday 8/25

🏐 Volleyball at Houston @ 6:00pm PT | Purchase Tickets

Saturday 8/26

🏈 Football vs. San Jose State @ 5:00pm PT | Purchase Season Tickets Today

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Six times!

His first Canadian title came back in 2013, and since then, has racked up five more, including his most recent win earlier this weekend.

Have a great Monday, everyone!