Former standout USC safety and assistant coach Taylor Mays is headed back home as he officially joined the coaching staff of the Washington Huskies on Thursday. Mays will join head coach Jedd Fisch’s staff as the safeties coach.

Once was described as the perfect football player, Taylor Mays became this Seattle kid who passed on the University of Washington football team nearly two full

Taylor Mays, a former O'Dea High School star, is reportedly returning to Seattle to become Washington's new safeties coach.

The Washington Huskies are set to hire former USC Trojans All-American safety and current assistant defensive backs coach Taylor Mays as its new safeties coach.

Coaching changes have been rampant as defensive coordinator Steve Bellichick followed his dad, Bill, to the North Carolina Tar Heels, and one of the top transfer portal additions, WR Johntay Cook, was dismissed from the team earlier this week. After a tough season that finished with a 6-7 record, the offseason has been up and down so far.

Washington appears on the verge of completing their on-field coaching staff as multiple reports state that USC assistant defensive backs coach Taylor Mays is expected to be hired as the new UW safeties coach.