{"id":2007508,"date":"2023-08-21T21:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-southern-california-hires-new-athletic-director\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:05:18","slug":"university-of-southern-california-hires-new-athletic-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-southern-california-hires-new-athletic-director\/","title":{"rendered":"USC hires new athletic director."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funiversity-of-southern-california-hires-new-athletic-director%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>University of Washington Athletics \u200bDirector Jennifer\u2062 Cohen Named Head of \u2062Athletics at USC<\/h2>\n<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif.\u2014University of Washington\u200d athletics director Jennifer \u2063Cohen was\u2062 named the next head of athletics on Aug. 21 at the University of Southern California (USC), \u2063making her the first woman \u200dto \u2062lead the\u2064 Trojan athletic programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Jen has more than three decades\u200d of experience in athletics and has \u2064built a reputation as a seasoned, engaged, \u200cand steadfast leader who takes a\u2062 student-centered \u200capproach in building and running a \u2062winning athletics program,&#8221; USC President Carol Folt wrote in a message to the\u2062 USC \u2064community announcing \u2063the hire. &#8220;She is \u2063regarded as a fierce competitor\u2064 who wants\u200c to win in every sport, the right way. These are also the qualities our coaches, student-athletes, staff, and faculty told me they wanted to see in our next \u200cdirector of athletics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ms. Cohen has led the athletics program at the \u200dUniversity of Washington since 2016. She recently oversaw the university&#8217;s decision\u2014mirroring\u200c one by USC\u2014to \u200dleave \u200dthe Pac-12 Conference in favor of the Big\u200c Ten Conference in 2024. The University of California-Los Angeles and the University of Oregon are also making the same move.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/dodgers-late-rally-upends-marlins-in-game-1-post-5477231\">Dodgers&#8217; Late Rally Upends Marlins in Game 1<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/dodgers-late-rally-upends-marlins-in-game-1-post-5477231\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/brandon-drury-angels-edge-rays-7-6-in-game-1-of-twinbill-5477211\">Brandon Drury,\u2062 Angels Edge Rays 7\u20136 in Game 1 of Twinbill<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/brandon-drury-angels-edge-rays-7-6-in-game-1-of-twinbill-5477211\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the time of her hiring, Ms. \u200bCohen was one of few women to hold an athletic director post at a Power 5 school.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Cohen will replace Mike Bohn, who\u2064 served as \u2062USC&#8217;s\u2064 athletic director since 2019 but resigned unexpectedly in May, with some reports indicating there was an internal \u2062investigation into his behavior while leading the athletics program.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Cohen will join USC beginning Aug. 22.<\/p>\n<p>At an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-southern-california-hires-new-athletic-director\/\" title=\"USC hires new athletic director.\">introductory news\u2063 conference<\/a> \u2063on the USC\u200d campus Monday, Ms.\u2064 Cohen said the job is a return home for her. She was born and\u2062 raised in \u2064Arcadia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both of my\u2064 parents grew up\u200c in the Los Angeles \u2064area, so I always had a just strong admiration for USC, for the legendary teams, the legendary letter winners, the Trojan spirit, \u200band just the \u2064big \u2062space that USC takes up in this L.A. \u200dsports culture,&#8221; she said.\u2064 &#8220;So this is extra special for me and very\u2062 meaningful to come back \u200bto my original roots to lead a stories \u2063and iconic athletic program\u200b at one\u200c of the most prestigious universities in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Jennifer Cohen was hired as the new Athletic Director for the University of Southern California in \u200bLos Angeles on Aug. 21, 2023. (Gus Ruelas\/USC Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ms. Cohen thanked Ms. Folt and other USC leaders for entrusting \u2064her with the position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leading \u200dUSC athletics is not just\u200d an opportunity of a lifetime, it is a responsibility of a \u2063lifetime,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I will\u200d lead with integrity and with character and\u200c with heart, and I will lead with passion in a way that will be embarrassing sometimes on the sidelines. So, everybody, I&#8217;m preparing you for that. I get \u2063a little\u200c fired up during \u200dgames and all competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In her message announcing Ms.\u2062 Cohen&#8217;s hiring on Monday, Ms. Folt said, &#8220;Over the past\u2063 four years, we have\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-action-plan-in-southern-city-draws-backlash-over-diversity-smart-city-language\/\" title=\"\u2018Climate Action Plan\u2019 in Southern City Draws Backlash Over Diversity, Smart City Language\">made major investments<\/a> in \u200dour athletics enterprise that have fueled\u200b a \u200csuccessful transformation \u200bof the program;\u200d Jen couldn&#8217;t be joining us at a \u2062better time. USC is at the forefront of this \u2063transformational \u2062period in intercollegiate athletics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we commenced our search for our next director of athletics, we knew we needed to identify a leader\u200c who could not only steer our \u2064athletics department through this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bond-market-swinging-between-rallies-routs\/\" title=\"Bond Market Swinging Between Rallies, Routs\">rapidly changing environment<\/a>, but\u2064 also h<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Cohen, the athletics director at the University of Washington, has been appointed as the head of athletics at the University of Southern California (USC). This historic move makes her the first woman to lead USC&#8217;s athletic programs. 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