Matt Leinart -- Sarkisian Is My Friend and Needs Help ... Please Support Him

Matt Leinart is speaking out on Steve Sarkisian -- his QB coach during his days at USC -- asking people to support his friend because "he needs help."

Leinart went to Twitter and wrote, "Sark is a friend and he needs help. I ask everyone instead of the criticism show your support for him. This is much bigger than football!"