UCLA Football: Bruins Lose Assistant Coach to Austin Peay

Faris was the tight-end coach for the Bruins from 2022 to 2023. Before his time at UCLA, he coached at his alma mater, Duke University, for nine years. 

After a four-year playing career as a safety, he was a graduate assistant, turned wide receiver coach, turned tight end coach, and turned co-quarterbacks/ offensive coordinator. 

Faris is only 33 years old and is a Knoxville, Tennessee native, three hours from where Austin Peavy is located. Faris is now close to his hometown, and we wish him the best as the new head coach of the Governors.  

Whether or not his decision to leave was because of Chip Kelly being retained as head coach remains to be seen, but the exodus of players and coaches is not a good look currently. The Bruins will enter the Big Ten conference next year, and it appears they will look like a completely different team. 

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