PASADENA — Tino Sunseri jogged to the right of Nico Iamaleava, up and down Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl, as the Bruins’ new redshirt sophomore quarterback practiced in his new home confines hours before his UCLA debut.

Barking orders like a drill sergeant, Sunseri — 36, muscles puffing through his black Bruins’ training gear ahead of his first game as UCLA offensive coordinator — took his quarterback aside for a quick chat, a sliver of quiet amid Sunseri’s shouts of direction.

Iamaleava had just missed Titus Mokiao-Atimalala on an out route, missing his teammate by a few feet to his left. Iamaleava slowly removed his helmet, holding it by its cage at his hip, pushing his chin into his chest. The former Warren High star’s Los Angeles homecoming featured moments of refocus and retread —

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