New Coach

UCLA has hired former associated head coach and running backs coach DeShaun Foster to become the Bruins’ next head coach. Foster will return to his alma mater after briefly being hired away from Westwood to become the running backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders...

The former All-American started his coaching career in 2012 as a student assistant before he was promoted to graduate assistant in 2014 and the director of player development and high school relations in 2015. Foster spent the 2016 season on Kliff Kingsbury’s staff at Texas Tech, where he had his first opportunity as a running backs coach. He would return to Westwood in 2017 as the running backs coach. Chip Kelly promoted Foster to associate head football coach after helping churn out NFL quality running backs...

Full story at https://www.dailynews.com/2024/02/12/deshaun-foster-named-as-uclas-new-football-coach/.

As we noted on Friday, this turnover is occurring just as UCLA switches athletic conferences with all the attendant logistical and other problems:

https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/02/kelly-to-depart.html.