Steph Curry on and Jimmy Iovine on Zoom calls with students

Steph Curry on and Jimmy Iovine on Zoom calls with students

Student Life

6 Celebrities Who Guest Starred in a USC Online Class

Check out the famous faces that popped up on USC students’ phone and computer screens during the spring 2020 semester.

July 02, 2020 Elisa Huang

When USC classes shifted online in March to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, students quickly adapted to seeing the faces of their professors and classmates on video conference.

But what about the occasional celebrity? Here are a few of our favorite classroom cameos from famous figures who dropped into USC courses on Zoom. (Do you have any others to nominate? Drop us a line at magazines@usc.edu.)

Matt Leinart ’05

The Trojan football great and Fox Sports analyst dropped in on a journalism class about sports commentary.

Jimmy Iovine

The co-founder of Interscope Records and Beats Electronics hopped on a Zoom call with students from the USC Iovine and Young Academy.

Jimmy Iovine on Zoom call with students from the USC Iovine and Young Academy

April Ross ’04

The USC women’s beach volleyball team got a pep talk from the two-time Olympic medalist.

Steph Curry

The Golden State Warriors point guard Zoombombed students, surprising them as they pitched charitable ideas for his foundation.

Steph Curry on Zoom call with students
(USC Photo/Karine Kim)

Andy Blankenbuehler

Musical theatre students received a virtual master class from the Tony Award-winning Hamilton choreographer.

Raimana Van Bastolaer

Physical education students in a USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences surf class caught some tips from the legendary Tahitian big-wave surfer.