LOS ANGELES — UCLA fired second-year head coach DeShaun Foster on Sunday after the football program’s first 0-3 start since 2019.
Athletic director Martin Jarmond announced the move two days after the Big Ten’s Bruins lost to New Mexico 35-10, their second straight loss to a Mountain West Conference opponent.
“It’s not a decision I made lightly, but it was important to take decisive action,” Jarmond said on a Zoom call with media. “This serves as a message to our fans that the results we’ve seen so far are simply not acceptable.”
Tim Skipper will serve as interim coach for the rest of the season, which includes four games against conference opponents that are currently ranked in the AP Top 25. Skipper had been special assistant to Foster, and he served as Fresno State’s interim coach last year.
Foster was 5-10 since taking over the program from Chip Kelly in February 2024, after the start of the second signing period and relatively late in the recruiting process.