UCLA fills head coach vacancy

ucla fills head coach vacancy

Jul 29, 2022; Los Angeles, CA, USA; A detailed view of UCLA Bruins helmet during Pac-12 Media Day at Novo Theater. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

UCLA is hiring running backs coach Deshaun Foster to be the school’s next head coach, according to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

The school’s head coach job recently became vacant when Chip Kelly left for the offensive coordinator position at Ohio State. The coaching carousel musical chairs are complicated, with Kelly taking Bill O’Brien’s position at Ohio State, which he held for three weeks before leaving for the Boston College vacancy. That vacancy at BC was only open because former head coach Jeff Hafley took the defensive coordinator job with the Green Bay Packers.

The chain of events are complicated, but they’ve now led to Foster getting the UCLA job.

Foster was a second-round pick out of UCLA in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played in the league for seven years, six with the Carolina Panthers (2002-2007) and one with the San Francisco 49ers (2008).

The young coach then began his coaching career at UCLA as a graduate assistant in 2014. He went on to spend 2016 as running backs coach at Texas Tech before returning to UCLA, where he’s now been the running backs coach since 2017.

Kelly, meanwhile, was on thin ice throughout last season and had been seeking NFL coordinator jobs for weeks. His move to Ohio State is somewhat startling, but shouldn’t have surprised anybody.

The Bruins will rely on Foster, someone with zero head coaching experience, to guide the program into the new era of the Big Ten.

This article originally appeared on Badgers Wire: UCLA fills head coach vacancy

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