The Trojans’ defensive coordinator, D’Anton Lynn, had left in late December for the same job at Penn State. Patterson will be Riley’s third defensive coordinator in five seasons at USC. He last served as defensive coordinator under Dennis Franchione, who brought Patterson with him from New Mexico to TCU in 1998. But by 2021, while Patterson’s TCU defense had largely remained strong, the luster of his long tenure in Fort Worth had faded. “Hopefully,” he said, “[I can] be that last piece to help SC get over the bar, get into the playoffs, to bring out a championship.”The post New USC defensive coordinator Gary Patterson outlines his vision for the Trojans’ defense appeared first on Los Angeles Times.