Yesterday, head coach DeShawn Foster was fired as the UCLA Bruins head football coach after a 0-3 start to the regular season. Foster finishes at 5-10 overall during his 1.25 season tenure at the helm of the program. Here is a look at the UCLA Bruins
football program since 2008 (the
first year that in which I have data for the model).
This time period only covers the last three seasons of head football
coach Rick Neuheisel (2008-2011), Jim Mora (2012-2017) and Chip Kelly (2018-2024). After the figure
below is a more
detailed look at
the UCLA Bruins football program during head coach Foster's
tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
DeShawn Foster (2024-2025)
2024
Head
coach Foster's first season finished at 5-7. The Bruins played
against a “much tougher”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Bruins SOS was more than two standard deviations lower than the average SOS for the "league". UCLA's best win
was against #32 ranked Iowa (20-17) and their
worst loss was again to #62 ranked LSU by a score of (17-34).
UCLA was the #108 ranked team overall, with the #127 ranked
offense and the #36 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025
Head
coach Foster was fired after the third game the regular season where the Bruins were 0-3. The Bruins played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). At the time of Foster's firing UCLA's worst loss was to #85 ranked New Mexico by a score of (10-35).
UCLA currently is the #128 ranked team overall, with the #119 ranked
offense and the #125 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
