LA Times · Feb 10, 2024
Who will replace Chip Kelly at UCLA? Here are 13 intriguing possibilities
Potential UCLA football coaching candidates, clockwise from top left: Tom Herman, Jason Candle, Eric Bieniemy, Brian Hartline, David Shaw and Barry Odom. Consider them part of an exclusive group, The 96 Club.
Chip Kelly’s sudden departure for Ohio State has put candidates for the UCLA head coaching vacancy on the clock. Martin Jarmond, the Bruins athletic director, said Friday afternoon that he wanted to name a successor within 96 hours.
What is Jarmond seeking in the first major hire of his nearly four years on the job? Integrity. Passion. Competitiveness. A developer of young men.
And maybe just as importantly, given Kelly’s estrangement from the four letters, loyalty.
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