LOS ANGELES — Bob Chesney won at Salve Regina, a Division III university in Rhode Island. He won at Assumption, a Division II university in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Chesney caught the eye of Holy Cross, an FCS program also in Worcester. He won there too. Goes to say, it’s hardly a surprise the 48-year-old coach from Pennsylvania has won at James Madison in the Sun Belt Conference, leading the Dukes on a College Football Playoff bid with an 11-1 record in 2025.

UCLA is set to hire Chesney as its 20th head football coach, a source familiar with the situation told the Southern California News Group on Monday morning. Chesney, a Dickinson College alumnus, will now try to win in Westwood, becoming the first sitting head coach that UCLA has signed since hiring Pepper Rodgers from Kansas in 19

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