Coming in as quite a surprise USC's Athletic director Mike Bohn is abruptly stepping down on this news dump Friday. No clear reason given, and speculation is in its early stages. Early Trojan reactions are a mix of confusion and suspicion. To pull a few quotes from the socials:
"Man, this Mike Bohn resignation sure seems... fishy. He was killing it there after getting Lincoln Riley and getting USC to the Big Ten."
"Ok I’ll bite…why does the timeline think Mike Bohn retiring is “fishy”?"
"the mike bohn resignation from USC is smelling fishier and fishier by the moment"
"The Mike Bohn era ending abruptly is sure something. Obviously time will continue to flesh out his legacy, but as it stands...today seemingly ends the best USC AD tenure in decades. The juxtaposition of his run vs. those of unqualified alums before him was jarring."
"A source at #USC tells me Mike Bohn resignation has shocked dept. "Everyone is asking why?" Source adds Bohn has had some health issues but didn't know if that was related to resignation."
edit: an update:
Apparently problems were found under Mike Bohn's leadership of the athletic department which came to light during a third party review of USC's athletic department conducted by a law firm as part of USC impending move to the Big Ten - an excerpt:
"…the university had “conducted a thorough review of the athletics department, including its operation, culture and strategy” ahead of USC’s impending transition to the Big Ten conference. The university retained Gina Maisto Smith, a Philadelphia-based attorney from Cozen O’Connor, earlier this year to conduct that review… Smith’s past work includes high-profile investigations into the handling of sexual harassment and misconduct at Baylor, Virginia and Colorado. Her Institutional Response Group was recently retained by the Cal State university system to investigate its response to a series of scandals involving sexual misconduct, harassment and retaliation."
