Pat Haden

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Pat Haden
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Giving USC's "Fight On" sign in 2010
No. 11
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1953-01-23) January 23, 1953 (age 71)
Westbury, New York, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school:Bishop Amat Memorial
(La Puente, California)
College:USC
NFL draft:1975 / Round: 7 / Pick: 176
Career history
As a player:
As an administrator:
  • USC (2010–2016)
    Athletic director
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts:1,363
Pass completions:731
Percentage:53.6
TD–INT:52–60
Passing yards:9,296
Passer rating:69.6
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Patrick Capper Haden (born January 23, 1953) is an American former professional football player and college administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles from August 2010 to June 2016. He played quarterback for the USC Trojans before playing professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 through 1981. He also played in the World Football League (WFL) for the Southern California Sun in 1975.

Haden is a

Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a private equity firm, from 1987 to 2010. He is also known for his work as a former sportscaster, beginning with CBS Sports in 1982, and ending his career in that field as a color commentator for NBC Sports
' Notre Dame football coverage.

Biography

Early years

Born in

Irish American parents, Haden is the fourth of five children. He had a close relationship with his mother, Helen Haden, who told her children to "Live your life so that you have standing room only at your funeral."[1]

As a boy, Haden had a boyhood paper route, then worked at a shoe store where he also pushed accessories in order to earn an extra commission. He had the same mentality in sports, where he used smarts and toughness he gained from keeping up with his older brothers to compensate for physical shortcomings. By high school, his parents had moved to Southern California.[1]

Playing career

High school career

Haden played high school football at

J.K. McKay, son of then-USC football coach John McKay; the two were opposites: J.K. was quick-witted and easygoing, while Haden was more reserved. Haden and McKay shared the CIF Southern Section Player of the Year award in 1970. When Haden's parents had to move again, he stayed with the McKays for his senior year of high school.[1] He was highly sought after and was recruited by many schools, including Notre Dame. Haden was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame
in 1995.

College career

Prior to College Football Haden and McKay won the CIF championship game in overtime against Lakewood High School. The game was played at the LA Coliseum, where Haden would go on to lead the Trojans to many victories.

Haden and J.K. McKay joined the highly regarded USC Trojans under head coach John McKay; they joined a group of friends in living at an apartment building just off campus.

Today's Top V Award in 1975, which at the time honored five (now ten) senior student-athletes. He was put into the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 1988. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1995. An athletic and academic stand-out, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.[1]

In 1973, he threw for 1,832 yards with 13 TD vs 11 INT. In 1974, he threw for just 988 yards (in part due to 98 fewer pass attempts) but still threw 13 TD vs 11 INT.[2]

Professional career

Haden played one season in the

Oxford University under his Rhodes Scholarship. His decision to go to the United Kingdom for schooling hurt his NFL possibilities, as did a lack of height (5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)) and arm strength, and he dropped to the seventh round of the NFL Draft.[3]

Haden made the

NFC championship game
.

The Rams revamped their quarterback position for the 1977 season. 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 it was evident his knees couldn't take it anymore, so the Rams went back to Haden. The Rams took eight victories in the last 10 games, won the NFC West and made the playoffs again. Their first-round opponent was the Vikings at home in the rain, but the Rams lost 14–7 in the Mud Bowl. Haden's small hands impaired his ability to grip the wet muddy ball. Haden completed 14 of 32 passes for 130 yards and one touchdown with 3 interceptions while Viking QB Bob Lee was only able to complete 5 of 10 passes for 57 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions.

Haden was rewarded with the starting position from day one in

Washington D.C. Touchdown Club
NFC Player of the Year of the 1978 season.

Haden began the 1979 season as the starter, but a broken finger midway through the season sidelined him in favor of Vince Ferragamo, who led the Rams to Super Bowl XIV.[4]

Because of Rams' coach Ray Malavasi's policy of giving an injured starter his job back, Haden began the 1980 season as the starter with Ferragamo as the backup. Haden was injured in the Rams season opener against the Detroit Lions. Ferragamo took over as the starter and didn't relinquish the job (despite Haden returning mid-season), passing for a then Rams-record 30 touchdown passes.

Ferragamo, however, bolted the Rams for the Canadian Football League. Haden went into the 1981 season as starter, but was injured midway through the season. After the season, while recovering from knee surgery and contemplating retirement, he got a call from CBS about a broadcast job and decided to take it.[1]

Broadcasting career

After spending a few years at CBS, Haden was hired as the

Fox Sports' Bowl Championship Series coverage in 2008. His position as the Notre Dame color commentator is ironic in that he, as USC's quarterback in 1974, helped orchestrate one of Notre Dame's greatest losses (and, conversely, one of USC's greatest wins, known as "The Comeback"). The Trojans won 55–24 despite trailing 24–0 at one point and 24–6 at halftime.[5] Haden admitted later that his decision to go to USC went against the wishes of his mother.[6]

Haden also was a color man for

Westwood One's radiocasts, primarily working the Sunday night schedule which immediately followed his TV commitments (at the time, TNT and ESPN
split the Sunday night games between them, with TNT broadcasting the first half of the season and ESPN the second half).

Haden also called some NFL on CBS games in 1988 and 1989 during the busier weeks of the 1988–1989 NFL season, when the network's seven announcing teams weren't enough to cover the network games.

Private equity career

In 1987, he joined

Riordan, Lewis & Haden, a private equity
firm based in Los Angeles that focuses on making investments in growing, profitable businesses with $20 – 200 million in revenue. He has served as a director of a number of RLH portfolio companies including TetraTech, Systems Management Specialists, Data Processing Resources Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: DPRC), The Apothecary Shops, and Adohr Farms. Haden remained a partner at RLH until assuming the position of athletic director for the University of Southern California.

Athletic director

Haden replaced Mike Garrett as the USC Trojans athletic director on August 3, 2010.[7] On September 8, 2014, he and USC football coach Steve Sarkisian were reprimanded by Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott for attempting "to influence the officiating, and ultimately the outcome of a contest" during the September 6 game with Stanford. Haden was fined $25,000.[8] On October 11, 2015, Haden placed Sarkisian on leave after a series of incidents culminating in the coach missing a practice during the season. The next day, Haden announced that Sarkisian had been fired.[9]

On February 5, 2016, Haden announced that he would be stepping down as USC's athletic director effective June 30.[10]

College Football Playoff Selection Committee

Haden was one of 13 members of the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee. In September 2014 Haden received criticism and calls to resign from the selection committee by charging onto the field in order to argue with officials regarding a series of penalties during the third quarter of USC's 13–10 victory against Stanford.[11][12]

Education

Haden received a

Rhodes Scholar
.

Community activities

Haden has served on numerous nonprofit boards. He sits on the boards of the Rose Hills Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation, and has also 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 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 awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.[14]

Haden was awarded the Ambassador Award of Excellence by the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission in 2003 for his community involvement.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g David Wharton, Pat Haden is still a dashing figure, Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2010, Accessed July 25, 2010.
  2. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2011-footbl-media-guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ 1975 NFL Draft on databaseFootball.com Archived March 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Rank, Adam (February 26, 2013). "Alt Ranks: Most spectacular USC QBs in NFL history". National Football League. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "2006 USC Media Guide: USC Football History" (PDF). usctrojans.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
  6. ^ "Haden's Seen Every Side of Notre Dame-USC Rivalry - CBS Los Angeles". CBS News. November 24, 2010.
  7. ^ USC President-Elect C. L. Max Nikias Announces New Leadership in Athletics, USC, July 20, 2010
  8. ^ Gary Klein, USC's Pat Haden fined $25,000 for 'inappropriate' sideline conduct, Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2014
  9. ^ CBS Sports
  10. ^ Robby Kalland (February 5, 2016). "USC athletic director Pat Haden to retire, effective June 30". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  11. ^ Wolken, Dan (September 6, 2014). "USC AD Pat Haden should resign from the Playoff committee". USA Today. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  12. ^ Thiry, Lindsey (September 6, 2014). "Pat Haden answers text and confronts officials on sideline during game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  13. ^ California State Bar Membership Records
  14. ^ "Lott IMPACT Trophy | Defensive College Football Award". Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  15. ^ "As Tribute Columns Go, This Is No Award Winner". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 2005.

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