USC and coach Clay Helton have agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2023 season, the program announced on Tuesday, the night before National Signing Day. Financial terms of the extension were not released.
Helton, who took over on an interim basis after Steve Sarkisian left the program in 2015, has a 27-10 record in two-plus seasons at the helm. After he went 5-2 as the interim coach, USC removed the interim tag and gave him a three-year contract with a two-year option that would have expired after 2020. That deal paid Helton $3.8 million per year.