Ikaika Malloe is a known quantity on the UCLA football coaching staff.

He’s helped transform UCLA’s linebackers, overseeing at one point or another inside linebackers, outside linebackers and defensive line since arriving at Westwood from his alma mater, Washington, in 2021.

Last season was Malloe’s first in charge of the entire defensive operation. With mixed results, UCLA finished middle of the pack in the nation in opposing points per game (68th with 25.2 points allowed). Rushing defense – and the linebackers corps – however, remained the bread and butter of UCLA’s defense. The Bruins ranked sixth in the country last year in giving up only 96.2 rushing yards a game.

Former walk-on Carson Schwesinger paired with Kain Medrano, Femi Oladejo and Ale Kaho to form the backbone of the defen

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