Pat Haden

At 71 years old, Pat Haden has this physical status:

Patrick Capper Haden (born January 23, 1953) is the former athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, from August 2010 to June 2016.

Before playing professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 to 1981, he played quarterback for the USC Trojans.

In 1975, he competed for the Southern California Sun in the World Football League (WFL). Haden, a Rhodes Scholar, worked from 1982 to 1987, and was a partner with Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a private equity firm from 1987 to 2010.

He began his career as a sportscaster before starting his career with CBS Sports in 1982 and ending his career as a color commentator for NBC Sports' Notre Dame football coverage.

Early years

Haden, who was born in Westbury, New York, to working-class Irish American parents, is the fourth of five children. Helen Haden, his son's, had a close relationship with his mother, who told her children, "Live your life so that you have standing room only at your funeral."

Haden, a boyhood paper route, worked at a shoe store where he also sold accessories in order to get an extra commission. He had the same mentality in sports, where he used intelligence and tenacity to compensate for physical inabilities. His parents had left Southern California by high school.

Haden played high school football at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California, where he became the starting quarterback. J.K. McKay, the son of then-USC football coach John McKay, became close friends, although Haden was not; J.K. was quick-witted and easygoing, while Haden was not. In 1970, Haden and McKay received the CIF Southern Section Player of the Year award. Haden's parents had to relocate again, so he stayed with the McKays for his senior year of high school. Since being highly sought after, including Notre Dame, he was highly sought after and was recruited by a variety of colleges, including Notre Dame. Haden was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in 1995.

Haden and McKay defeated Lakewood High School in overtime in the CIF championship game before College Football. Haden would continue to lead the Trojans to many victories at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Haden and J.K. McKay joined the highly regarded USC Trojans under head coach John McKay; they joined a group of friends who lived in a separate apartment building just off campus. He made it to three Rose Bowl appearances and two national championships at USC. He was named co-Most Valuable Player in the 1975 Rose Bowl, his last game of his college career. Haden was also a winner of the Today's Top V Award in 1975, which at the time was given to five (now ten) senior student-athletes. In 1988, he was inducted into the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. He was given a Rhodes Scholarship for his athletic and academic achievements.

With 13 TD vs. 11 INT, he threw for 1,832 yards in 1973. In 1974, he threw for 988 yards (partly due to fewer pass attempts), but he did have a 13 TD versus 11 INT.

Haden spent one season in the World Football League, the Southern California Sun's last season, which allowed him to study in England under his Rhodes Scholarship. His decision to go to the United Kingdom for education harmed his NFL prospects, as did a lack of height (5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)) and arm strength, and he was disqualified from the seventh round of the NFL Draft.

In 1976, Haden made the Los Angeles Rams' roster as the third quarterback, behind James Harris and Ron Jaworski. Haden was called into action in the second game of the season when both Harris and Jaworski were injured. Haden responded by playing mostly mistake-free football, with running back Lawrence McCutcheon and John Cappelletti sharing the offensive load and passing only occasionally. Harris was recalled as the starting quarterback and Haden went back to a backup role. Harris failed in a 20-12 loss in a Monday night match against the Cincinnati Bengals, and Rams head coach Chuck Knox was ordered to bench Harris in favour of Haden. In Knox's autobiography Hard Knox: The Life of an NFL Coach and William Rhoden's Third and a Mile: The Black Quarterback's Trials and Triumph. Harris was the top-rated passer of the National Football Conference at the time of the quarterback change. Harris finished as the top-rated passer of 1976, according to NFL records. Despite the change, the Rams won the NFC Western Division title and a 14-12 upset of the defending NFC champion Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the NFC playoffs, but the Rams lost to the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship game.

For the 1977 season, the Rams redid their quarterback position. Harris and Jaworski were traded, and the Rams acquired veteran QB Joe Namath from the New York Jets. Namath started the first four games but the Rams returned to Haden because his knees couldn't take it anymore. In the last ten games, the Rams won the NFC West and advanced to the playoffs for the eighth time in eight games. In the rain, the Vikings were their first-round opponents, but the Rams lost 14–7 in the Mud Bowl. Haden's small hands hindered his ability to tackle the wet muddy ball. Haden completed 14 of 32 passes for 130 yards and one touchdown with three interceptions, while Viking QB Bob Lee was only able to complete 5 of ten passes for 57 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions.

Haden was rewarded with the starting position from day one in 1978. The Rams got off to a good start, winning their first eight games, but then fell to 12-4 for their third straight NFC West Division title. In the first round of the playoffs, Haden threw two touchdown passes and led the Rams to a 34-10 win over the Vikings. In 1978, the defending champion Dallas Cowboys stunned the Rams 28-0 in a NFC Championship Game on their way to Super Bowl XIII. Haden was named the Washington D.C. Touchdown Club NFC Player of the Year 1978.

Haden started the 1979 season as the starter, but Vince Ferragamo, who led the Rams to Super Bowl XIV, ruled him out midway through the season.

Haden started the 1980 season as the back up for Rams' coach Ray Malavasi's policy of giving an injured starter his return to work. In the Rams season opener against the Detroit Lions, Haden was hospitalized. Ferragamo took over as the starter and didn't relinquish the position (despite Haden's return to the job in mid-season), while the Rams earned a record 30 touchdown passes.

Ferragamo has however departed the Rams for the Canadian Football League. Haden started the 1981 season as the starter, but midway through the season, he was hurt. He received a call from CBS about a television job after the season, when recovering from knee surgery and considering retirement.

Haden was hired as the color commentator for NBC Sports' coverage of Notre Dame college football and held parallel roles for their Arena Football coverage from 2003 to 2006 and Fox Sports' Bowl Championship Series coverage in 2008. His position as the Notre Dame color commentator is ironic in that he, as the USC's quarterback in 1974, orchestrated one of Notre Dame's biggest losses (and, conversely, one of the nation's greatest victories, "The Comeback")). Despite trailing 24–0 at one point and 24–6 at halftime, the Trojans won 55–24. Haden admits that his mother wanted him to go to Notre Dame and that she always light a candle at the grotto when he is on campus.

Haden, as one of a three-man booth with former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian and play-by-play man Brent Musburger, and later working with Jim Nantz), and later on Sunday night, providing color commentary for TNT's Sunday night football coverage and Westwood One's radio broadcasts (with TNT broadcasting the first half of the season and ESPN the second half).

During the 1988 NFL Season and 1989 NFL Season, Haden called one NFL on CBS game and another NFL on CBS game in 1989, when the network's seven announcing teams weren't strong enough to pay the network television teams.

With $20 – 200 million in revenue, he joined Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a Los Angeles-based private equity company that focuses on making investments in growing, profitable companies. TetraTech, Systems Management Consultants, Data Processing Resources Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: DPRC), The Apothecary Shops, and Adohr Farms have all been director of a number of RLH portfolio firms, including TetraTech, Systems Management Specialists, Data Processing Resources Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: DPRC). Haden served as a partner at RLH until taking over as Athletic Director for the University of Southern California.

On August 3, 2010, Haden fired Mike Garrett as the USC Trojans' athletic director. During Stanford's September 6 game, Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott reprimanded him and USC football coach Steve Sarkisian for attempting to "indict the officiating, and ultimately the outcome of a game." Haden was fined $25,000. Haden put Sarkisian on leave on October 11, 2015, after a string of events culminated in the coach's absence from a practice during the season. Sarkisian had been fired the next day, Haden.

Haden revealed on February 5, 2016, that he would be stepping down as the USC's athletic director, beginning June 30.

Haden was one of 13 members of the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee. During Haden's 13-10 victory over Stanford in September 2014, he was chastised and was ordered to resign from the selection committee by leaping onto the field to argue with officials about a string of penalties.

Haden earned a B.A., magna cum lauded Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California, a J.D. A Bachelor of Law School and a B.A. As a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, he studied economics from the University of Oxford.

Haden has served on numerous charitable boards. He serves on the board of the Rose Hills Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation, and has served on the boards of non-profit organizations such as the University of Southern California, the Good Samaritan Hospital, Boys Town of Southern California, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Los Angeles, and the Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles. He is the former chair of the March of Dimes Reading Olympics in Los Angeles and the Boys Life National Illiteracy Campaign.

Haden is a Board Member of the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Ronnie Lott and is given annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

In 2003, Haden was given the Ambassador Award of Excellence by the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission for his community service.

Education

Haden earned a B.A., magna Kappa from the University of Southern California, a J.D. A B.A. from Loyola Law School and a B.A. A Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford in economics.

Haden has served on numerous charities boards. He serves on the board of directors of the Rose Hills Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation, and he has served on the boards of non-profit organizations including the University of Southern California, the Good Samaritan Hospital, Boys Town of Southern California, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Los Angeles, and the Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles. He is the former chair of the March of Dimes Reading Olympics in Los Angeles and the Boys Life National Illiteracy Campaign.

Haden is a Board Member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Ronnie Lott and is given annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

In 2003, Haden was given the Ambassador Award of Excellence by the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission for his community service.

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Playing career

Haden played football at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California, where he became the starting quarterback. J.K. McKay, the son of then-USC football coach John McKay, became close friends, although Haden was not: J.K. was quick-witted and fungoing, while Haden was not. In 1970, Haden and McKay received the CIF Southern Section Player of the Year award. When Haden's parents had to relocate once more, he stayed with the McKays for his senior year of high school. He was highly sought after and was recruited by a number of colleges, including Notre Dame. Haden was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in 1995.

Haden and McKay secured the CIF championship game against Lakewood High School in overtime prior to College Football. Haden would go on to lead the Trojans to many victories at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Haden and J.K. McKay joined the highly regarded USC Trojans under head coach John McKay, and they joined a group of friends who lived in an apartment building just off campus. He made it to three Rose Bowl appearances and two national championships at USC. He was named co-Most Valuable Player in the 1975 Rose Bowl, his last game of his college career. Haden was also a recipient of the Today's Top V Award in 1975, which at the time celebrated five (now ten) senior student-athletes. In 1988, he was inducted into the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. He was given a Rhodes Scholarship, which was both an athletic and academic standout.

He threw for 1,832 yards against 11 INT in 1973. In 1974, he threw for 988 yards (in part due to fewer pass attempts), but he did throw 13 TD versus 11 INT.

Haden spent one season in the World Football League, the Southern California Sun's last season, which allowed him to study in England at Oxford University under his Rhodes Scholarship. His decision to leave the United Kingdom for schooling hurt his NFL prospects, as did a lack of height (5 ft 10 m)) and arm strength, and he fell to the seventh round of the NFL Draft.

Haden made the Los Angeles Rams' roster in 1976 as the third quarterback, behind James Harris and Ron Jaworski. Haden was called into service in the second game of the season when both Harris and Jaworski were hurt. Haden responded by playing mainly mistake-free football, allowing running backs Lawrence McCutcheon and John Cappelletti to carry the offensive burden and passing only occasionally. Harris was recalled as the starting quarterback and Haden returned to the team as a backup, while Haden went back to a backup role. Harris failed in a 20-12 loss on Monday night, and Rams head coach Chuck Knox was told by team owner Carroll Rosenbloom to bench Harris in favour of Haden. The life of an NFL coach and William Rhoden's Third and a Mile: The Black Quarterback's Trials and Triumph is chronicled in Knox's autobiography Hard Knox: The Life of an NFL Coach and William Rhoden's Third and a Mile. Harris, the top-rated passer of the National Football Conference at the time of the quarterback swap. Harris finished as the NFC's top-rated passer of 1976, according to the NFL's records. Despite the change, the Rams went on to win the NFC Western Division title and a 14-12 surprise over the Dallas Cowboys, the defending NFC champion Dallas Cowboys, in the first round of the NFC playoffs, but the Rams lost to the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship game.

For the 1977 season, the Rams redid their quarterback position. Harris and Jaworski were traded, and the Rams signed veteran QB Joe Namath from the New York Jets. Namath started the first four games but it was obvious that his knees couldn't take it anymore, so the Rams went back to Haden. The Rams won the NFC West and made the playoffs for the eighth time in ten games, gained the NFC West, and made the playoffs again. The Vikings were at home in the rain, but the Rams defeated 14–7 in the Mud Bowl. Haden's small hands hampered his ability to grasp the wet muddy ball. Haden completed 14 of 32 passes for 130 yards and one touchdown with three interceptions, while Viking QB Bob Lee was only able to complete 5 of ten passes for 57 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions.

Haden was rewarded with the starting position from day one in 1978. The Rams exploded quickly, winning their first eight games, but they fell 4-6 for their third straight NFC West Division title. Haden threw a couple of touchdown passes and led the Rams to a 34-10 victory over the Vikings in the first round of the playoffs. In 1978 NFC Championship Game on their way to Super Bowl XIII, the defending champion Dallas Cowboys walloped the Rams 28-0. Haden was named the 1978 Washington D.C. Touchdown Club NFC Player of the Year.

Haden started the 1979 season as the starter, but Vince Ferragamo, the Rams' Super Bowl XIV, dropped him midway through the season.

Haden began the 1980 season as the backup for Ferragamo, despite Rams' coach Ray Malavasi's policy of returning an injured starter's job. Haden was hospitalized in the Rams' season opener against the Detroit Lions. Ferragamo was hired as the starter and didn't relinquish the position (despite Haden's return mid-season), winning for a record 30 touchdown passes for the Rams.

Ferragamo, on the other hand, has been tied to the Rams in the Canadian Football League. Haden started the 1981 season as the starter, but midway through the season, he was hospitalized. After the season, when recovering from knee surgery and considering retirement, he got a call from CBS about a broadcast job and decided to take it.

Haden was hired as the color commentator for NBC Sports' coverage of Notre Dame college football and then held similar roles for their Arena Football coverage from 2003 to 2006 and Fox Sports' Bowl Championship Series coverage in 2008. His role as Notre Dame's color commentator is ironic in that he, as the quarterback of the United StatesC, orchestrated one of Notre Dame's biggest losses (and, conversely, one of the NCAA's greatest victories, "The Comeback")). Despite trailing 24–0 at one point and 24–6 at halftime, the Trojans won 55–24. Haden admits that his mother wanted him to go to Notre Dame, but she still lights a candle at the grotto when he is on campus.

Haden, also served as a color man for CBS Sports' college football coverage (being one of three-man booth with former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian and play-by-play man Brent Musburger, and later working with Jim Nantz), and provided color commentary for TNT's Sunday night football coverage and Westwood One's radio broadcasts, with TNT broadcasting the first half of the season and ESPN covering the second half).

During the 1988 NFL Season and 1989 NFL Season, Haden also called one NFL on CBS game in 1988 and some NFL on CBS games in 1989, when the network's seven announcing teams weren't strong enough to pay the network games.

He joined Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a Los Angeles-based private equity company that focuses on making investments in expanding, profitable companies with $20 – $200 million in revenue. He has worked as a director of several RLH portfolio businesses, including TetraTech, Systems Administration Specialists, Data Processing Resources Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: DPRC), The Apothecary Shops, and Adohr Farms. Haden remained a member of RLH until taking over the University of Southern California as Athletic Director.

On August 3, 2010, Haden fired Mike Garrett as the USC Trojans athletic director. During a Stanford game on September 6, 2014, Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott reprimanded him and USC football coach Steve Sarkisian for trying to "influence the officiating, and ultimately the result of a match." Haden was fined $25,000. Haden put Sarkisian on leave on October 11, 2015, following a string of events that culminated in the coach's absence from a practice during the season. Sarkisian had been shot the next day, Haden revealed it on the next day.

Haden revealed on February 5, 2016 that he would resign as the USC's athletic director beginning June 30.

Haden was one of 13 people on the inaugural College Football Playoff committee. During Haden's 13-10 victory over Stanford, he was chastised and asked to resign from the selection committee by charging onto the field in order to consult with officials about a string of penalties.

Haden graduated with a B.A., magna sappa from the University of Southern California, a J.D. A B.A. and Loyola Law School are two of Loyola's undergraduate degrees. A Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, a Rhodes Scholar, in economics.

Haden has served on numerous charities. He serves on the boards of the Rose Hills Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation, as well as the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Los Angeles, and the Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles. He is the former chair of the March of Dimes Reading Olympics in Los Angeles and the Boys Life National Illiteracy Campaign.

Haden is a Board Member of the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Ronnie Lott and is awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

In 2003, Haden was given the Ambassador Award of Excellence by the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission for his community service.

Broadcasting career

Haden was hired as the color commentator for NBC Sports' coverage of Notre Dame college football and held similar roles for their Arena Football coverage from 2003 to 2006, as well as Fox Sports' Bowl Championship Series coverage in 2008. His position as Notre Dame's color commentator is ironic in that he, as the USC's quarterback in 1974, orchestrated one of Notre Dame's biggest losses (and, in turn, one of the greatest victories in the United StatesC, "The Comeback"). Despite trailing 24–0 at one point and 24–6 at halftime, the Trojans defeated 55–24. Haden admits that his mother wanted him to go to Notre Dame and that she always light a candle in her honor when she visits the grotto.

Haden was also a color man for CBS Sports' college football coverage (being one of three-man booth with former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian and play-by-play man Brent Musburger, and later working with Jim Nantz), and he contributed to TNT's Sunday night football coverage and Westwood One's radio broadcasts, with TNT and ESPN separating the first half of the season and ESPN's second half of the season (tNT and ESPN broadcasting

Haden also called one NFL on CBS game in 1988 and some NFL on CBS games in 1989, 1988-91 football season, and 1989 NFL Season, where the network's seven announcing teams weren't strong enough to pay the network games.

He joined Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a Los Angeles-based private equity company that focuses on investing in expanding, profitable companies with $20 – $200 million in revenue. He has been a director of several RLH portfolio companies, including TetraTech, Systems Management Consultants, Data Processing Resources Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: DPRC), The Apothecary Shops, and Adohr Farms. Haden remained a student at RLH until taking over the University of Southern California as the Athletic Director.

On August 3, 2010, Haden fired Mike Garrett as the USC Trojans' athletic director. During a September 6 game with Stanford, Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott disciplined him and USC football coach Steve Sarkisian for attempting to "influence the officiating, and ultimately the outcome of a game." Haden was fined $25,000. Haden placed Sarkisian on leave on October 11, 2015, following a string of events that culminated in the coach's absence from a game during the season. Sarkisian had been fired the next day, Haden revealed it on the next day.

Haden revealed on February 5, 2016 that he would step down as the USC's athletic director as a result of June 30.

Haden was one of 13 people on the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee. During USC's 13-10 win over Stanford, Haden faced criticism and calls to resign from the selection committee by charging onto the track in order to consult with officials about a string of penalties.

Haden, a B.A., magna cum lauded, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California, a J.D. A B.A. and Loyola Law School prepared for a law degree. A Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford in economics, with a Rhodes Scholar.

Haden has served on several nonprofit boards. He serves on the boards of the Rose Hills Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation, and he has served on the boards of non-profit organizations, including University of Southern California, the Good Samaritan Hospital, Boys Town of Southern California, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Los Angeles, and the Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles. He was the former chair of the March of Dimes Reading Olympics in Los Angeles and the Boys Life National Illiteracy Campaign.

Haden is a Board Member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Ronnie Lott and is given annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

In 2003, Haden was named Ambassador of Excellence by the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission for his contributions to the community.

Private equity career

He joined Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a Los Angeles private equity company that focuses on making investments in growing, profitable companies with $20 to $200 million in revenue. TetraTech, Systems Management Consultants, Data Processing Resources Corporation, (formerly NASDAQ: DPRC), The Apothecary Shops, and Adohr Farms are among the RLH portfolio firms that have served as a director. Haden served as a partner at RLH until taking over the University of Southern California's Athletic Director position.

On August 3, 2010, Haden fired Mike Garrett as the USC Trojans' athletic director. During a Stanford game on September 8, 2014, Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott punished him and USC football coach Steve Sarkisian for trying to "infringe the officiation, and ultimately the outcome of a game." Haden was fined $25,000. Haden put Sarkisian on leave on October 11, 2015, after a string of events culminated in the coach's absence from a practice during the season. Haden revealed Sarkisian had been dismissed the next day.

Haden revealed on February 5, 2016 that he would resign as USC's athletic director, as effective June 30.

Haden was one of 13 people on the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee. During Haden's 13-10 win over Stanford in September 2014, Haden received criticism and calls to resign from the selection committee by charging onto the track in order to argue with authorities regarding a string of penalties.

Haden was awarded a B.A., magna, and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California, a J.D. A B.A. from Loyola Law School and a B.A. As a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, he holds a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Oxford.

Haden has served on several charities boards. He serves on the boards of the Rose Hills Foundation and Fletcher Jones Foundation, has served on the boards of non-profit organizations including the University of Southern California, the Good Samaritan Hospital, Boys Town of Southern California, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Los Angeles, and the Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, he was the chair of the March of Dimes Reading Olympics and the Boys Life National Illiteracy Campaign.

Haden is a Board Member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Ronnie Lott and is given every year to the Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year in college football.

Haden was given the Ambassador Award of Excellence by the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission in 2003 for his community service.

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