USC football adds veteran coach Adrian Klemm to coaching staff

With just a month to go until the start of the 2025 season, USC football is still making additions to its coaching staff. On Wednesday, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reported that veteran offensive line coach Adrian Klemm is joining the Trojans’ staff. Sure enough, Klemm was present at the Trojans’ first practice of fall camp Wednesday morning.

Interestingly, Klemm will join the Trojans as a defensive analyst. His background, however, is on the offensive line. Klemm served as the offensive line coach for the New England Patriots in 2023, Oregon in 2022, and the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021.

Klemm played offensive line at Hawaii in the late 1990s. He was a second round pick by the Patriots in the 2000 NFL Draft (easily the most famous player that New England took in that draft), and played five of his six NFL seasons with the team.

Klemm’s longest coaching stint came at UCLA, where he served as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator from 2012-2016. During his time in Westwood, Klemm established himself as one of the top recruiters on the West Coast.

Now, Klemm will get to experience the other side of the Crosstown Showdown. If his track record is any indication, he should certainly provide a boost to Lincoln Riley, Chad Bowden, and the Trojans on the recruiting trail.

This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: Former Oregon assistant Adrian Klemm joins USC football coaching staff