Daryl Gross is the athletic director for Syracuse University. Formerly, Gross coached and worked at the University of Southern California in intercollegiate athletics after being a graduate coaching assistant. While serving as senior associate athletic director, Gross was credited for bringing in head coach Pete Carroll for the Trojans football team. In 2008, ESPN.com named Carroll's hiring #1 in a list of the Pac-10's Top 10 Moments Of BCS Era. Gross received his bachelors degree and played college football at University of California, Davis. Gross was a New York Jets scout when Pete Carroll was the Jets head coach, a relationship that led to him pushing for Carroll to be hired by USC.