2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year (for the third time)
His last 6 recruiting classes have been ranked in the Top 5 nationally (including first each year by some experts)
Six straight AP Top 4 Finishes
2003 and 2004 National Championships
Six straight BCS Bowl Appearances (unprecedented)
Six straight Pac-10 Championships (unprecedented)
Six straight seasons with 11-plus victories (unprecedented)
National-record 33 consecutive weeks as AP’s No. 1 ranked team
Winning Record of 84.4 percent (76-14)
Best winning percentage of any Division I coach with at least 5 years experience
49-9 (84 percent) in Pac-10 games
12-2 against rivals UCLA and Notre Dame
His teams have won 67 of their last 73 games (the six losses have come by a combined 20 points)
A no-longer active school record 63 consecutive games ranked in the AP Top 10
No-longer-active winning streaks: - Pac-10 record 35 consecutive home games - Pac-10 record 34 consecutive overall games - Pac-10 record 27 consecutive conference games
Since-broken other winning streaks: - Pac-10-record 34 overall games - Pac-10-record 27 Pac-10 games - School-record 18 road games (not including 4 neutral site contests) - 18 October games - 16 non-conference games - 16 games against AP Top 25 teams - School-record 13 Pac-10 road games
Since-broken NCAA records: - Scoring at least 20 points in 63 consecutive games - USC was AP’s No. 1 team for a national-record 33 straight polls (including 2 pre-season polls)
USC is the first school to have 3 Heisman Trophy winners in a 4-year span
Produced 30 All-American first teamers
42 NFL draft picks (including 11 first rounders, with a No. 1 selection in Carson Palmer and a No. 2 in Reggie Bush)