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College football: Former USC star Mike Garrett expected to get Langston athletic director job

The football legend recently spent 17 years as USC athletic director. Announcement expected at 10 a.m. Thursday at C.F. Gayles Fieldhouse on Langston campus.

By Scott Munn | Published: June 4, 2012 Comment on this article

LANGSTON — Mike Garrett, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1965 as a running back for the USC Trojans, is expected to be named athletic director at Langston University, a source told The Oklahoman on Monday. An official announcement is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at C.F. Gayles Fieldhouse on the Langston campus.

photo - FILE - This Dec. 6, 2004, file photo shows Southern California's athletic director Mike Garrett speaking to reporters in Los Angeles. In a letter to school supporters Tuesday, July 20, 2010, incoming USC president Max Nikias said the embattled Garrett will be replaced Aug. 3 by Pat Haden, a respected member of USC's board of trustees and an NBC football analyst. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File) ORG XMIT: NY169

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2004, file photo shows Southern California's athletic director Mike Garrett speaking to reporters in Los Angeles. In a letter to school supporters Tuesday, July 20, 2010, incoming USC president Max Nikias said the embattled Garrett will be replaced Aug. 3 by Pat Haden, a respected member of USC's board of trustees and an NBC football analyst. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File) ORG XMIT: NY169

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Langston sports information director Michael Stewart said school officials had no comment on who has been chosen to fill a position vacated when Patric Simon took the A.D. job at Alcorn State.

Garrett, who turned age 68 in April, recently spent 17 years as USC athletic director. He was replaced in 2010 by former USC quarterback Pat Haden after major NCAA violations involving football player Reggie Bush and basketball player O.J. Mayo. Otherwise, Garrett is a USC legend, setting several NCAA rushing records.

He started for the Kansas City Chiefs and played in Super Bowls I and IV. The two-time All-American was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.