UCLA fired football coach DeShaun Foster on Sunday after a winless start to the season.

Foster, who was in his second year as the Bruins' coach, went 5-10 during his short tenure and began this season with a 43-10 loss to Utah at home followed by back-to-back losses to Mountain West teams.

"I regret putting Deshaun in that situation where we were going into the Big Ten and even though we were supported from a resource perspective, getting a start so late, really disadvantaged the beginning to his coaching career here," UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond told reporters.

Tim Skipper, previously the special assistant to Foster, will serve as the Bruins' interim head coach for the rest of the season, the school said.

"[UCLA chancellor Julio Frenk] trusts me to lead the athletic departm

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