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Clancy Pendergast hired as USC defensive coordinator

Clancy Pendergast, who was USC’s defensive coordinator for the 2013 season, will return to that role with the Trojans, Coach Clay Helton announced Monday.

Pendergast, 48, was inside linebackers coach for the San Francisco 49ers this season.

“We are very excited to announce the return of Clancy Pendergast as our defensive coordinator,” Helton said in a statement released by the school. “I have had the good fortune to watch Clancy lead our defense firsthand and was blown away by his knowledge of the game as well as his teaching abilities.

"His success at both the NFL and college level makes it easy to see why he is one of the top defensive coaches in the game today.