USC student-athletes to have to earn the right to run stairs in Coliseum

There were some changes needed around USC. To his credit, coach Lincoln Riley has done an excellent job this past offseason of supplementing and adding to the staff. He has gone out and hired people with a great deal of experience who are bringing the needed hunger and intensity to compete during the Trojans' second year in the Big Ten.

One of the hires that is exciting USC nation is that of director of football sports performance Trumain Carroll. While the program itself in the strength and conditioning department has already seen a marked improvement, there is something else that one of the latest Trojan staff additions has insisted on that should be viewed as a universal positive by the Trojan fans.

Coach Carroll is not allowing the players to run the stairs at the Coliseum until he believes that they are ready for that privilege.

Setting the tone at USC

As shared on X by USC team reporter Keely Eure, coach Carroll believes that the sacred, iconic venue is one that cannot be taken for granted by the Trojan student-athletes. According to him, the players were not ready. That is something that he did not want to simply let slide. Instead, coach Carroll is setting the precedent now and making it clear that being at USC is special.

There are any number of ways in which the players can prepare their fitness levels through running. Being able to enter the Coliseum and go up and down the world's premier sports stadium is something that will now only happen if and when coach Carroll believes that the player's minds and bodies are right to be able to enjoy that treat of being able to work out in the Coli.

Nothing given, everything earned. This is just one of many examples of some of the differences that are being witnessed within the USC program.