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USC adds Broncos' Bates as assistant

By Chris Mortensen
ESPN.com

Monday, January 19, 2009

USC has hired Jeremy Bates as its new assistant head coach/quarterbacks on Monday to fill the vacancy left by Steve Sarkisian, who was recently named head coach at the University of Washington. Bates was the Denver Broncos' offensive coordinator under Mike Shanahan and was being pursued by other NFL teams for a similar position. Carroll reached out to Bates and Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for the job replacing Sarkisian. Sources corrected the salary figure of $1 million, w ...

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