No, he absolutely was not. You're thinking of his successor Seven-Win Steve, aka Cutty Sark, a sot who was canned midway through his second season at USC.
Coach O loved USC and was very popular with the team members and the fans. Had he been retained and had the university administration been willing to pay for the staff that he wanted, he would have led the Trojans back to glory.
Ah!
Obviously didn’t recheck my (failing) memory. Thanks for the correction.
Wonder why Orgeron didn’t work out then?
He certainly got the job done at LSU!
And USC is sort of floundering...