A year and a half after UCLA Basketball Head Coach Steve Alford gave back a one-year extension (which was given to him after his very first season), UCLA Atheltic Director Dan Guerrero has awarded the extension back after the Bruins went 31-5 during the 2016-17 season.
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Alford will be starting his fifth season in 2017-18 and this extension keeps him in Westwood until 2020-21. Originally, Alford gave back his extension after underachieving in the 2015-16 season when UCLA went 15-17 and missed the NCAA Tournament.