While the receiving corps on the field will largely stay the same, it will have a new leader on the sidelines. During the offseason, UCLA football promoted Jerry Neuheisel – son of former Bruin head coach Rick Neuheisel – to be the team’s new wide receivers coach, succeeding Jimmie Dougherty, who was on the Bruin staff for the past four years and left to be an assistant coach at Arizona in January. Read more...

Photo: After seven years with the program – including four as a player under former coach Jim Mora – former UCLA football quarterback Jerry Neuheisel was named the team’s wide receivers coach in the offseason. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Last year’s NFL Draft marked a busy weekend for the Bruins. Three former UCLA football players heard their names called in the virtual ceremony – tight end Devin Asiasi, cornerback Darnay Holmes and running back Joshua Kelley. Read more...

Photo: (Photo by Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff. Photo illustration by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)

When assistant head coach Brian Norwood arrived in Westwood last year, the Bruins’ defense was in for a makeover. The former Navy defensive coordinator added a striker position and new 4-2-5 look to the playbook, and – under his and defensive coordinator Jerry Azzinaro’s guidance – UCLA football’s defense became far more aggressive and active in the backfield than it was in 2019. Read more...

Photo: Rising senior linebacker Caleb Johnson and his 5.5 sacks a year ago were part of a much-improved UCLA football defense that led the Pac-12 with 3.29 sacks per game. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)