In March 2019 USC fired senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel (charged with receiving more than $1.3 million in bribes to fabricate athletic credentials of over two dozen students seeking admission to USC) and water polo coach Jovan Vavic (charged with receiving $250,000 in bribes) after they were indicted by federal prosecutors in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.
In March 2019, USC terminated senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel (accused of receiving over $1.3 million in bribes to falsify athletic credentials for more than two dozen students seeking admission to USC) and water polo coach Jovan Vavic (charged with accepting $250,000 in bribes).