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Report: Eric Bieniemy, Former Chiefs, Commanders OC, Hired as UCLA OC

UCLA football has hired former Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy as its new associate head coach/offensive coordinator, per ESPN's Adam Schefter and Pete Thamel.

Bieniemy will work under new UCLA head coach DeShaun Foster, and he spoke about the opportunity in a text to CBS Sports Senior NFL Insider Josina Anderson and NFL writer Garrett Podell.

"This is a great opportunity for me to help support DeShaun as a new head coach, to work with him and for him as well. I chose to fly under the radar during this hiring process, and my experience generated a lot of interest from a number of NFL teams prior to coming to this decision.