Coach Harvey Hyde on USC's defensive staff shakeup
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
USCFootball.com - Ryan Abraham, 247Sports, USC, USC Trojans, USC football, College Football
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Peristyle Podcasts hosts Ryan Abraham and Coach Harvey Hyde are back together discussing the major shakeup on the defensive side of the ball for the Trojans, with Gary Patterson coming in as the new defensive coordinator, Paul Gonzales from Baylor to come in and help coach the secondary and former TCU safety Sam Carter from Louisiana Tech for a role on the staff as well.
Coach Hyde gives his thoughts on what we learned from Patterson's introductory press conference, including his issue with Lincoln Riley not staying up on stage after introducing Patterson to the media.
He also gives his thoughts on USC's 2026 schedule, with only 11 games as of now after Notre Dame came off the schedule. The Trojans play all three Big Ten playoff teams from last season and have two bye weeks with some extra rest in the middle of the season.
Coach Harvey Hyde has been part of the Peristyle Podcast since 2008 and in the USC football world he is an expert on X's and O's, personnel, coaching philosophies and recruiting.
Please follow Coach Hyde on X, Facebook and Instagram at @CoachHarveyHyde or go to his website HarveyHyde.com for all his his content, including Vegas & Southern California radio shows.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Trojan fans, it's time to get into the huddle with the Parastile podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | Since 2008, the Parasstyle podcast has been your ticket for year-round coverage of the USC football program. |
| 0:20.4 | With multiple shows per week in a wide range of experts, |
| 0:24.1 | no one covers the Trojans like the Peristyle podcast. |
| 0:28.6 | And now, here's the host of the Paristyle podcast, |
| 0:32.1 | USCFootball.com publisher, Ryan Abraham. |
| 0:36.8 | Oh, Trojan fans. |
| 0:41.4 | Welcome to another edition of the Peristyle podcast. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm your host, Ryan Abraham, joined alongside my partner in crime, the coach, Harvey |
| 0:50.0 | Hyde. |
| 0:50.4 | You can follow him on all of his socials at Coach Harvey Hyde or go to his website, Harveyhyde.com for all of his |
| 0:57.1 | content. |
| 0:58.2 | We have to talk about the USC defensive staff. |
| 1:01.9 | There have been some big adjustments, including the |
| 1:04.1 | official hiring of Gary Patterson as the next |
| 1:07.0 | defensive coordinator for Lincoln Riley. |
| 1:09.2 | There was a press conference last week that I was down there at listening to what Gary Patterson said to say. A couple other hires on the defensive side of the ball. We wanted to talk with the coach all about that. If you have questions or comments for the show, podcast at usafball.com, we'd love to hear from you, get some emails, or you could call or text us 242. |
| 1:27.5 | I'm sorry, 242424-24-254-914-914-1-4-1 is the number. |
| 1:34.7 | And if you listen across any of the podcasting platforms, leave it to five-star rating, a review. |
| 1:39.6 | We love that. |
| 1:40.4 | And it's always great to hear from you and get your feedback from there. We're also putting this up on our YouTube channel over at Inside Troyes. You can see us chatting about USC football. But let's bring on the coach. He's here. Coach, how you doing, sir? It's been a minute since we talked, but good to talk to you again. Hey, buddy. Thank you very much. It's great to be here with you. |
| 2:04.9 | I don't think we've been together since the national championship game. |
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