USC signs defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn to a contract extension

USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn stands on the sideline during a win over Louisiana State in Las Vegas on Sept. 1.Staff WriterFollow

After transforming USC’s struggling defense in a single season, rising star defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has signed a contract extension to remain at USC, the university announced Thursday.

USC had already made Lynn one of the highest-paid coordinators in college football when it hired him away from UCLA last December. That original contract, a person with knowledge of the deal not authorized to speak publicly told The Times at the time, paid Lynn upward of $2 million per year.

The terms of Lynn’s extension were not known, but the move to retain him…