From the LA Times: ...Bob Myers, the former Golden State Warriors general manager who served on the search committee, said [at a news conference last Tuesday that] UCLA had committed to providing its new [football] coach with resources that would rank in “the top third, maybe top quartile” of the Big Ten in a bid to give [new coach Bob] Chesney what he needed to compete with conference heavyweights. The Bruins have also agreed to a significant increase in their salary pool for assistant coaches to go with a revitalized name, image and likeness operation.
In a sign of his belief in the importance of the hiring, UCLA chancellor Julio Frenk joined athletic director Martin Jarmond in giving welcoming remarks, becoming the first chancellor at the school to do so at a coach’s hiring in recent memory. “Today, we launch a bold new era for the UCLA football program,” Frenk said. “To lead us forward, we have made what I believe is a transformational hire who will ensure our program lives up to the storied UCLA athletics legacy.” ...
Full story at https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2025-12-09/bob-chesney-offers-bold-vision-for-success-as-ucla-football-coach.
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