Less than two years after promoting decorated alum DeShaun Foster to head coach, UCLA is back in the market for a program leader.

Foster, a former UCLA assistant and standout running back in Westwood and the NFL, was elevated very late in the 2023-24 coaching carousel. A solid finish to last season and an offseason highlighted by the transfer addition of quarterback Nico Iamaleava generated newfound excitement around the program. But then, the games began, and it was ugly right away.

After an 0-3 start in which UCLA was outscored 108-43, the school fired Foster on Sunday, two days after the Bruins were blown out by New Mexico at a mostly empty Rose Bowl.

UCLA badly needs a jolt as it tries to establish itself in the Big Ten. Athletic director Martin Jarmond, who hired Foster and has

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