New USC GM Chad Bowden met local reporters for the first time Wednesday to outline his goals for the future of the program on the player personnel and recruiting side as he makes the move over from Notre Dame where he had a successful run.
Full transcript of Chad Bowden's introductory press conference
Opening comments:
"Before we get going and open it up to questions I want to thank the University of Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman and Pete Bevacqua for my time there. It was obviously a great experience there. I'd also like to thank USC, Jen Cohen and Coach Riley. It's a blessing to be here. I'm grateful for this opportunity. I'm excited to get to work."
How's the transition to USC and LA been so far?
"It's been awesome. You know, as soon as I touched down here, it's kind of cool, I've been able to stay at Coach Riley's house over the last week and a half. I'm at his casita. That's been a really great experience. I've been able to have some of his steaks, his balsamic Mickey Mantle steaks that he makes, which has been a really cool experience to spend time with him, his wife, his two daughters. The transition's been great, me and my wife. I told her the other day, this is the happiest I've been in a very long time and I'm just excited to get to work here."
How would you describe the responsibilities of the position?
"I think everyone's going to have their different take on what it should be. I'm a collaborative guy. Everything we're going to do here is going to be altogether as one. The roles and responsibilities, I like to think that we're all in this thing together and we're all in this to make USC the best football program it can be to help USC reach its full potential, which is bringing a national championship, its 12th national championship here."
