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USC hires Trumain Carroll as Director of Football Sports Performance

Erik-McKinneyby:Erik McKinney•05/07/25•

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The USC Trojans have hired Trumain Carroll as their new Director of Football Sports Performance, head coach Lincoln Riley announced on Wednesday.

“Coach Carroll is an accomplished strength and conditioning professional who has consistently trained his teams to compete at the highest level,” Riley said in a statement. “His ability to develop players with an emphasis on a strong team culture has been evident throughout his career. He will have a tremendous impact on our program. We’re excited to welcome Trumain and his family to USC.” 

Carroll played defensive end for Oklahoma State from 2001 through 2005 and then served two terms as an assistant strength coach for the Cowboys, the first ranging from 2006 through 2008. He served as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 2008 to 2011. Carroll was the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at South Carolina State from 2011 to 2012 before returning to Oklahoma State for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Carroll then moved from SMU to Arkansas to South Florida before spending the past four years at Kansas State.

The Wildcats have had 10 players selected over the past three NFL Drafts, which is the most Kansas State has produced in a three-year run since the 2002-2004 drafts.

At the most recent NFL combine, Kansas State cornerback Jacob Parrish and safety Marques Sigle ran 4.35 and 4.37 40-yard dashes, respectively. Both ranked among the top 15 overall players in attendance. Parrish tied for the third-best vertical leap among cornerbacks. Sigle finished No. 4 among safeties. Parrish posted the No. 4 broad jump number among corners and Sigle was No. 2 for safeties. Parrish became a third-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while Sigle went in the 5th round to the San Francisco 49ers.

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