DeShaun Foster is named UCLA football coach after Chip Kelly's move to Ohio State

UCLA's DeShaun Foster looks for an opening against Stanford during the second quarter at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000. Former UCLA great DeShaun Foster was named head coach on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, to take over the program after Chip Kelly left to become offensive coordinator at Ohio State. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield, File)

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By Associated Press

February 12, 2024 at 6:26 PM UTC

Updated on

February 12, 2024 at 9:50 PM UTC

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said to give him 96 hours to find a new football coach after Chip Kelly resigned on Friday. It turns out, Jarmond needed less than 72.

Former UCLA great DeShaun Foster was named head coach on Monday to take over the program after Kelly left to become offensive coordinator at Ohio State. Foster has been a Bruins assistant the past seven years but left last month to become the Las Vegas Raiders' running backs coach.