23 reasons why a profile of Pete Carroll does not appear in this space

ACCEPTING HIS LOAN OF A SHIRT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ETHICAL VIOLATION (ESPECIALLy SINCE I KEPT THE SHIRT AS A SOUVENIR)

PETE CARROLL, HEAD COACH OF THE FOOTball team at the University of Southern California, turns to me one night around 8 p.m. and says he's got something to do, somewhere he needs to be. We're standing outside his office at Heritage Hall, the redbrick headquarters of USC's athletic program, the trophy-filled heart of Troy.

I ask Carroll where he's going, what he's doing. He doesn't answer. I ask if I can come along. No, he says, absolutely not. I ... // 99% Remaining