The UCLA football coaching search has come to an end. James Madison coach Bob Chesney has been tapped to lead the Bruins and take the first Power Four job of his career, sources confirmed to CBS Sports. Chesney replaces former UCLA coach DeShaun Foster, whom the program fired early in the 2025 season after a dreadful start to the second year of his tenure.

James Madison owed Chesney an $833,495 salary for the 2025 season, according to USA Today's coaching salary database , but $140,000 of that pay was set aside as a now-nullified retention bonus.

Chesney brings with him to Westwood a lengthy track record as a winner at every NCAA level. He reached conference championship games at each of his previous stops: Salve Regina (Division III), Assumption (Division II), Holy Cross (Divisi

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