Pat Haden

Pat Haden

Giving USC's "Fight On" sign in 2010
No. 11
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1953-01-23)January 23, 1953 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:
Southern California Sun(1975) Los Angeles Rams(1976–1981)
As an administrator:
USC(2010–2016) Athletic director
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl(1977) 2×National champion(1972,1974) Second-teamAll-Pac-8(1974)
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 atPFR

Patrick Capper Haden(born January 23, 1953) is an American former professionalfootballplayer and college administrator. He was theathletic directorat theUniversity of Southern California(USC) inLos Angelesfrom August 2010 to June 2016. He playedquarterbackfor theUSC Trojansbefore playing professionally in theNational Football League(NFL) for theLos Angeles Ramsfrom1976through1981.He also played in theWorld Football League(WFL) for theSouthern California Sunin1975.

Haden is aRhodes Scholar,was a practicing attorney from 1982 to 1987, and was a partner atRiordan, Lewis & Haden,aprivate equity firm,from 1987 to 2010. He is also known for his work as a former sportscaster, beginning withCBS Sportsin 1982, and ending his career in that field as a color commentator forNBC Sports' Notre Dame football coverage.

Biography

Early life

Born inWestbury, New York,to working-classIrish Americanparents, 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."

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.

Playing career

High school career

Haden played high school football atBishop Amat Memorial High SchoolinLa Puente, California,where he became starting quarterback.He became close friends with teammateJ.K. McKay,son of then-USC football coachJohn McKay;the two were opposites: J.K. was quick-witted and easygoing, while Haden was more reserved. Haden and McKay shared theCIF Southern SectionPlayer 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.He was highly sought after and was recruited by many schools, includingNotre Dame.Haden was inducted into theNational High School Hall of Famein 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.At USC, he made it to threeRose Bowlappearances and won two national championships. In the final game of his college career, the1975 Rose Bowl,he was named co-Most Valuable Player.Haden also was a recipient of theToday's Top V Awardin 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 aRhodes Scholarship.

In1973,he threw for 1,832 yards with 13 TD vs 11 INT. In1974,he threw for just 988 yards (in part due to 98 fewer pass attempts) but still threw 13 TD vs 11 INT.

Professional career

Haden played one season in theWorld Football League,its last, for theSouthern California Sun,which allowed him to attend school inEnglandatOxford Universityunder his Rhodes Scholarship. His decision to go to theUnited Kingdomfor 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 theNFL Draft.

Haden made theLos Angeles Rams' roster in1976as the third quarterback, behindJames HarrisandRon Jaworski.When both Harris and Jaworski were injured, Haden was pressed into duty in the second game of the season. Haden responded by playing mostly mistake-free football, letting running backsLawrence McCutcheonandJohn Cappellettishoulder the offensive load and passing only occasionally. Harris returned to the lineup as starting quarterback and Haden went back to a backup role. In a Monday night game against theCincinnati Bengals,Harris played poorly in a 20–12 loss, and Rams head coachChuck Knoxwas ordered by team ownerCarroll Rosenbloomto bench Harris in favor of Haden. This is documented in Knox's autobiographyHard Knox: The Life of an NFL CoachandWilliam Rhoden'sThird and a Mile: The Trials and Triumph of the Black Quarterback.At the time of the quarterback change, Harris was the top-rated passer of the National Football Conference. The NFL records show that Harris finished as the NFC's top-rated passer of 1976. Despite the change, the Rams went on to win the NFC Western Division title and a 14–12 upset of the defending NFC championDallas Cowboysin the opening round of the NFC playoffs, but the Rams fell to theMinnesota Vikingsin theNFC championship game.

The Rams revamped their quarterback position for the1977season. Harris and Jaworski were traded, and the Rams acquired veteran QBJoe Namathfrom theNew 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 theVikingsat home in the rain, but the Rams lost 14–7 in theMud 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 in1978.The Rams started fast, winning their first eight games, but tailed off to 12–4, and won their third straight NFC West Division title. Haden threw a pair of touchdown passes and led the Rams to a 34–10 victory against theVikingsin the first round of the playoffs. The defending championDallas Cowboyswalloped the Rams 28–0 in the1978 NFC Championship Gameon their way toSuper Bowl XIII.Haden was voted theWashington D.C. Touchdown ClubNFC Player of the Year of the 1978 season.

Haden began the1979season as the starter, but a broken finger midway through the season sidelined him in favor ofVince Ferragamo,who led the Rams toSuper Bowl XIV.

Because of Rams' coachRay Malavasi's policy of giving an injured starter his job back, Haden began the1980season 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 theCanadian Football League.Haden went into the1981season as starter, but was injured midway through the season. After the season, while recovering from knee surgery and contemplating retirement, he got a call fromCBSabout a broadcast job and decided to take it.

Broadcasting career

After spending a few years at CBS, Haden was hired as thecolor commentatorforNBC Sports' coverage ofNotre Damecollege football,and held similar duties for theirArena Footballcoverage from 2003 through 2006 andFox Sports'Bowl Championship Seriescoverage 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.Haden admitted later that his decision to go to USC went against the wishes of his mother.

Haden also was a color man forCBS Sports'college football coverage(being one of a three-man booth with former Notre Dame coachAra Parseghianand play-by-play manBrent Musburger,and later working withJim Nantz[as a color analyst on games, and a co-host in the studio with Nantz before that in 1985]), and provided color commentary forTNT's Sunday night football coverage andWestwood One's radiocasts, primarily working the Sunday night schedule which immediately followed his TV commitments (at the time, TNT andESPNsplit the Sunday night games between them, with TNT broadcasting the first half of the season and ESPN the second half).

Haden also called someNFL on CBSgames in 1988 and 1989 during the busier weeks of the1988–1989 NFL season,when the network's seven announcing teams weren't enough to cover the network games.

Private equity career

In 1987, he joinedRiordan, Lewis & Haden,aprivate equityfirm 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 replacedMike Garrettas the USC Trojans athletic director on August 3, 2010.On September 8, 2014, he and USC football coachSteve Sarkisianwere reprimanded by Pac-12 Conference commissionerLarry Scottfor attempting "to influence the officiating, and ultimately the outcome of a contest" during the September 6 game with Stanford. Haden was fined $25,000.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.

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

College Football Playoff Selection Committee

Haden was one of 13 members of the inauguralCollege Football Playoffselection 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.

Education

Haden received aB.A.,magna cum laude,Phi Beta Kappafrom theUniversity of Southern California,aJ.D.fromLoyola Law Schooland a B.A. in economics from theUniversity of Oxfordas aRhodes Scholar.

Community activities

Haden has served on numerous nonprofit boards. He sits on the boards of the Rose Hills Foundation and theFletcher JonesFoundation, 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 theLott IMPACT Trophy,which is named afterRonnie Lottand is awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

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

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games			Passing									Rushing					Sacks
		GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Lng	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Sck	Yds
1976	RAM	10	7	5-1-1	60	105	57.1	896	8.5	65	8	4	94.8	25	84	3.4	16	4	13	86
1977	RAM	12	10	8-2	122	216	56.5	1,551	7.2	58	11	6	84.5	29	106	3.7	23	2	17	151
1978	RAM	16	16	12-4	229	444	51.6	2,995	6.7	68	13	19	65.1	33	206	6.2	24	0	32	216
1979	RAM	10	10	5-5	163	290	56.2	1,854	6.4	50	11	14	68.1	16	97	6.1	17	0	21	178
1980	RAM	4	1	0-1	19	41	46.3	185	4.5	24	0	4	19.9	3	12	4.0	6	0	4	30
1981	RAM	13	11	5-6	138	267	51.7	1,815	6.8	67	9	13	64.4	18	104	5.8	16	0	28	227
Career		65	55	35-19-1	731	1,363	53.6	9,296	6.8	68	52	60	69.6	124	609	4.9	24	6	115	888

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games			Passing									Rushing					Sacks
		GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Lng	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Sck	Yds
1976	RAM	2	2	1-1	19	43	44.2	313	7.3	42	1	5	37.4	11	19	1.7	6	1	6	63
1977	RAM	1	1	0-1	14	32	43.8	130	4.1	24	1	3	26.8	3	27	9.0	13	0	1	12
1978	RAM	2	2	1-1	22	48	45.8	285	5.9	29	2	4	44.2	4	35	8.8	18	0	2	1
Career		5	5	2-3	55	123	44.7	728	5.9	42	4	12	35.3	18	81	4.5	18	1	9	76

External links

• Career statistics and player information fromNFL.com·Pro Football Reference·