UCLA has fired head coach DeShaun Foster

UCLA has seen enough from head coach DeShaun Foster just three games into his second season.

Foster has been fired by UCLA in the wake of the team’s 0-3 start. The school announced the news on Sunday.

“I want to extend my sincere appreciation to DeShaun for his contributions to UCLA Football over the course of many years, first as a Hall of Fame student-athlete, then as an assistant coach and finally as head coach,” athletic director Martin Jarmond said in a statement. “He was named to this role at a challenging time of year, on the cusp of a move to a new conference, and he embraced it, putting his heart into moving the program forward. His legacy and love for this university are firmly established. He is a Bruin for life, and we wish him, his wife, Charity, and their family the best.”

Tim Skipper has been named UCLA’s interim head coach.

UCLA fell to 0-3 on the season with a 35-10 home loss to New Mexico on Friday night. The remainder of their schedule is so challenging that some have wondered how they will win a single game this year.

UCLA famously left the Pac-12 in 2022 to join the Big Ten. That resulted in the end of the Pac-12 as we know it, though the conference took a ruthless shot at UCLA following Friday night’s loss.

Foster was UCLA’s running backs coach from 2017-2023. He was also a star running back for the school from 1998-2001. Foster was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.

UCLA went 5-7 in Foster’s first season last year. Many fans were disappointed when the Bruins hired him after much flashier candidates were linked to the job, and it looks like UCLA made the wrong move in hindsight.