Taylor Mays was bound to go somewhere else as he builds his coaching career. He might circle back to USC a few years down the line.

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.

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.

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

Once described as the perfect football player, Taylor Mays became this Seattle kid who passed on the University of Washington football team nearly two full decades ago to play for USC and Pete Carroll.