UCLA fired head coach DeShaun Foster on Sunday afternoon after an 0-3 start to the Bruins' 2025-26 season.
UCLA announces it has fired coach DeShaun Foster. First firing of the season comes three weeks in. pic.twitter.com/YpBDPF262g
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 14, 2025
Foster's final game with UCLA took place last Friday night and saw his team suffer an embarrassing 35-10 loss at home to the New Mexico Lobos in which the Bruins conceded 21 points in the fourth quarter. UCLA saw itself outscored 108-43 in non-conference play.
Perhaps most humiliating of all for the Bruin football program proved to be a photo Orange County Register correspondent Benjamin Royer posted Friday night that illustrated a dismal attendance at the Rose Bowl for the game against New Mexico.
The view of the Rose Bowl crowd during the national anthem as the winless UCLA football team gets ready to take on New Mexico in week three action. pic.twitter.com/I32DMTCWnZ
— Benjamin Royer (@thebenroyer) September 13, 2025
Foster's time at UCLA comes to an end before the conclusion of his second season and he departs the school with a 5-10 overall record. The Bruins went 5-7 in 2024, which included a 3-6 record in Big Ten conference play.
His future in coaching appears largely uncertain given nearly all of his experience took place with his alma mater. Foster began his career as a volunteer assistant in 2012 under then-head coach Jim Mora, and his only time spent away from the Bruins proved to be his one season as Texas Tech's running backs coach in 2016. He had served in the same position at UCLA beginning in 2017 before the school named him head coach ahead of the 2024 season.
The most notable moment of Foster's time with the Bruins will likely remain his opening statement at Big Ten Media Days in 2024, which many considered one of the worst a head coach has ever given.
UCLA head coach DeShaun Foster's opening statement at Big Ten Media Days:
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) July 24, 2024
"I'm sure you guys don't know too much about UCLA, our football program, but we're in L.A... It's us & USC.... We um... (laughs)... I'm just basically excited, really, that's it. Any questions?" pic.twitter.com/jfmbUb3cYh
UCLA named Tim Skipper — former special assistant to Foster — as interim head coach for the remainder of the season in wake of his predecessor's dismissal.
