ESPN.com · Jan 26
UCLA's Bob Chesney: Coal miner, bartender and now Bruins coach
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LOS ANGELES -- New UCLA football coach Bob Chesney has mined coal in his hometown, slung Red Bull and vodkas behind a Baltimore bar, and worked every on-field job from strength coach to special teams coach. Chesney arrives in Westwood in the wake of a program in spiral after DeShaun Foster's coaching tenure lasted just 15 games.
He brings a reputation as a turnaround artist, flipping places like Salve Regina (Division III), Assumption (Division II) and Holy Cross (FCS) into big winners. He arrived at James Madison and had them in the College Football Playoff within two years.
