LOS ANGELES — Lynn Swann was named USC's new athletic director on Wednesday. USC President Max Nikias announced the appointment of the former Trojans receiver, who will succeed Pat Haden on July 1.

This NFL Hall of Fame spotlight focuses on lightning-fast wide receiver Lynn Swann. Swann spent nine seasons in the NFL playing for the same team: the Pittsburgh Steelers.

OTD in 1976…. AFC Championship George Atkinson KO’s Lynn Swann Swann is concussed, taken to the locker room on a stretcher, and returns 2 weeks later for Super Bowl X where he is named SB MVP.

Lynn Swan talked with the football team during his visit St. Thomas Aquinas' coach Kevin Henderson spoke about Swann's visit and thanked him for sharing his thoughts and motivating the players.

Lynn Swann has kept a low profile since USC fired him as athletic director last year. But he popped up in a video today with the winning owner of the Kentucky Derby, Wayne Hughes.

Playing in an era in which the passing game took a backseat to running the football, Swann totaled 336 career receptions, 5,462 receiving yards and 51 touchdowns, numbers which look pedestrian by ...

From USC to the Hall of Fame - a look at Lynn Swann: Good things come to those who wait, and for Lynn Swann that wait had to have seemed like an eternity. It took 14 years for the former Steelers wide ...

Lynn Swann's sudden resignation as USC's athletic director on Monday caught many people by surprise. After all, Swann managed to hang onto the gig for 3.5 ...

FILE - In this April 14, 2016, file photo, University of Southern California's new athletic director Lynn Swann pauses during his appointment news conference at the USC campus in Los Angeles.

USC athletic director Lynn Swann resigned Monday after three tumultuous years on the job at his alma mater. New USC President Carol Folt announced the decision in a letter expressing her ...

Lynn Swann stood by Clay Helton after a dark year for USC football. What will a new decision-maker think of the Trojans' early-2019 success?