1. Patrick Capper Haden was born on January 23,1953 and is an American former professional football player and college administrator.
36 Facts About Pat Haden
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Pat Haden was the athletic director at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from August 2010 to June 2016.
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Pat Haden played quarterback for the USC Trojans before playing professionally in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 through 1981.
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Pat Haden played in the World Football League for the Southern California Sun in 1975.
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Pat Haden is 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.
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Pat Haden 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.
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Pat Haden played high school football at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California, where he became starting quarterback.
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Pat Haden became close friends with teammate JK McKay, son of then-USC football coach John McKay; the two were opposites: JK was quick-witted and easygoing, while Haden was more reserved.
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When Pat Haden's parents had to move again, he stayed with the McKays for his senior year of high school.
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Pat Haden was highly sought after and was recruited by many schools, including Notre Dame.
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Pat Haden was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in 1995.
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The game was played at the LA Coliseum, where Pat Haden would go on to lead the Trojans to many victories.
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Pat Haden was a recipient of the Today's Top V Award in 1975, which at the time honored five senior student-athletes.
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Pat Haden was put into the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Pat Haden was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Pat Haden played one season in the World Football League, its last, for the Southern California Sun, which allowed him to attend school in England at Oxford University under his Rhodes Scholarship.
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Pat Haden made the Los Angeles Rams' roster in 1976 as the third quarterback, behind James Harris and Ron Jaworski.
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When both Harris and Jaworski were injured, Pat Haden was pressed into duty in the second game of the season.
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Pat Haden responded by playing mostly mistake-free football, letting running backs Lawrence McCutcheon and John Cappelletti shoulder the offensive load and passing only occasionally.
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Harris returned to the lineup as starting quarterback and Pat Haden went back to a backup role.
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Pat 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.
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Pat Haden was rewarded with the starting position from day one in 1978.
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Pat Haden was voted the Washington DC Touchdown Club NFC Player of the Year of the 1978 season.
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Pat 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.
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Pat Haden was injured in the Rams season opener against the Detroit Lions.
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Pat Haden went into the 1981 season as starter, but was injured midway through the season.
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Pat Haden admitted later that his decision to go to USC went against the wishes of his mother.
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Pat Haden has served as a director of a number of RLH portfolio companies including TetraTech, Systems Management Specialists, Data Processing Resources Corporation, The Apothecary Shops, and Adohr Farms.
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Pat Haden remained a partner at RLH until assuming the position of athletic director for the University of Southern California.
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Pat Haden replaced Mike Garrett as the USC Trojans athletic director on August 3,2010.
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On October 11,2015, Pat Haden placed Sarkisian on leave after a series of incidents culminating in the coach missing a practice during the season.
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The next day, Pat Haden announced that Sarkisian had been fired.
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On February 5,2016, Pat Haden announced that he would be stepping down as USC's athletic director effective June 30.
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Pat Haden was one of 13 members of the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee.
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Pat Haden sits on the boards of the Rose Hills Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation, and 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.
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Pat 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.