David Grace, UCLA's top basketball recruiter the last five seasons under coach Steve Alford, said Saturday that he was recently informed he would not be retained as an assistant coach after his contract ends in June.
"This was a tremendous shock, the fact that the job I was given to be as the recruiting coordinator, four of the five years we had top-five recruiting classes," Grace said. "That didn't always happen there and it's definitely a shame.
A person close to the situation but not authorized to speak publicly on the matter said Alford intended to hire Murry Bartow as Grace's replacement.