Assistant Tyson Helton leaves USC before Cotton Bowl

LOS ANGELES — Tyson Helton, USC’s passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach, will not coach in the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State, a departure that forces the Trojans to alter their coaching staff less than three weeks before the Dec. 29 game.
Helton has left to join Tennessee’s coaching staff under newly hired head coach Jeremy Pruitt, who was previously the Alabama defensive coordinator.
“I’m really proud of what Tyson’s accomplished here, helping us w