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Former USC star Kenechi Udeze joins strength, conditioning staff

Kenechi Udeze, center, will return to USC as a Trojans assistant strength and conditioning coaching. Udeze is a former USC defensive lineman.
Kenechi Udeze, center, will return to USC as a Trojans assistant strength and conditioning coaching. Udeze is a former USC defensive lineman.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
By Gary Klein
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Former USC All-American defensive lineman Kenechi Udeze has joined the Trojans’ staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, the school announced.

Udeze, who played at Los Angeles Verbum Dei High, was a 2003 consensus All-American for the Trojans after recording 26 tackles for losses, including 16 1/2 sacks.

Udeze made himself available for the 2004 NFL draft and was selected 20th overall by the Minnesota Vikings.

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He was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008 and retired from the NFL in 2009.

Udeze was an assistant strength coach at the University of Washington for three seasons, interned with the Seattle Seahawks and worked as a coaching fellow for the Vikings.

He joined the University of Pittsburgh staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2014.

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Gary Klein covers the Los Angeles Rams for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered USC’s football program and athletic department. He began working for The Times in the San Fernando Valley edition and has reported on high school, college and pro sports. He grew up in Southern California and graduated from Cal State Northridge.

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