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Michael Lockett Garrett (born April 12, 1944) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL) for eight seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Diego Chargers. He played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1965.
From 1993 until 2010 he served as the athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC).[1] Then, he became the athletic director at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in 2016.
Early life
Garrett graduated from
College career
A two time
Garrett signaled the dawn of the "
Garrett was a brother of the Alpha Kappa Chapter of the
Professional career
Garrett went on to play in the American Football League (AFL) with Kansas City Chiefs from 1966 to 1969 and in 1970 as the Chiefs moved to the National Football League in 1970. He was traded to the San Diego Chargers and remained with them until 1973.
Garrett was a two-time
Garrett also was drafted three times by professional baseball teams. He was selected in the 41st round of the
After professional football
After his professional football career, Mike Garrett earned a
In January 1993, Garrett returned to USC to become its sixth athletic director. He came under fire when he hired the heavily criticized Pete Carroll as head football coach in 2001, but was vindicated when USC returned to status as a dominant football power. In 2005, he allowed safety Darnell Bing who was at USC at the time to wear his retired number 20 for his senior season. In 2010, the USC football program was hit with severe NCAA sanctions, and USC self-imposed sanctions on its basketball program, in the wake of allegations about violations involving former USC stars Reggie Bush and O. J. Mayo. These sanctions have been criticized by some NCAA football writers,[4][5][6][7][8] including ESPN's Ted Miller, who wrote, "It's become an accepted fact among informed college football observers that the NCAA sanctions against USC were a travesty of justice, and the NCAA's refusal to revisit that travesty are a massive act of cowardice on the part of the organization."[9] On July 20, 2010, USC's incoming president, Max Nikias, announced major changes in the athletic department, including Garrett's replacement (effective August 3, 2010) by businessman and former USC quarterback Pat Haden.[1][10]
In June 2013, Garrett became athletic director at the historically black college, Langston University, an NAIA school in Langston, Oklahoma. He resigned that position less than two years later.[11] He is a board member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Ronnie Lott and is awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.[12]
Garrett retired from the position of Executive Director of the Athletics Department at California State University, Los Angeles in 2016.
See also
- List of American Football League players
- List of college football yearly rushing leaders
References
- ^ a b USC President-Elect C. L. Max Nikias Announces New Leadership in Athletics Archived July 20, 2010, at archive.today, USC, July 20, 2010
- ^ Hall, John - GARRETT RUNS OFF WITH HEISMAN TROPHY - USC Ace Praises His Team - GARRETT HEISMAN WINNER. Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1965
- ^ "Mike Garrett minor league statistics & history". Baseball Reference.com.
- ^ Jay Bilas, "Anyone know what NCAA's standards are?", ESPN.com, July 1, 2010.
- ^ Bryant Gumbel, "Student/Athlete Behavior", Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, September 21, 2010.
- ^ Bryan Fischer, " Trojans never stood a chance after taking NCAA's best shot", CBSSports.com, May 26, 2011.
- ^ Pete Fiutak, "USC paying for NCAA's inconsistency?", FoxSports.com, May 26, 2011.
- ^ Stewart Mandel, "What USC's sanctions mean for Ohio State", SportsIllustrated.com, April 27, 2011.
- ^ "What we learned in the Pac-12: Week 14". December 4, 2011.
- New York Times, July 20, 2010.
- ^ Klein, Gary (April 16, 2015). "Former USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett leaving Langston University". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Lott IMPACT Trophy -". Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
External links
- Langston profile
- Mike Garrett at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Mike Garrett at Heisman.com
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference