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UCLA fired head coach DeShaun Foster after an 0-3 start to his second season leading his alma mater, the school announced Sunday. Foster leaves Westwood as the shortest-tenured full-time head coach in school history.
Losses to Utah, UNLV and then New Mexico, 35-10 in front of a sparse crowd Friday at the Rose Bowl, intensified questions about Foster’s future. The Bruins have looked overmatched in all three games, with conference play still ahead, and prompted ridicule from media, the Pac-12, their former conference, and even the Big Sky Conference. Tim Skipper, who was special assistant to the head coach, will serve as interim coach.
After the loss to New Mexico, Foster took the blame and said he looked forward to getting things right ahead of the Sept. 27 Big Ten opener against Northwestern. But with UCLA being outscored by a Football Bowl Subdivision-worst margin of 108-43 and little indication things could improve, UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond acted.
“Ultimately, we weren’t moving in the right direction,” Jarmond told reporters on a call Sunday afternoon. “I know we have more talent than how we performed, but I felt there was no clear path forward to an upward trajectory in conference play. … It’s a signal to our fans that this is not what Bruin football is going to be.”
