DeShaun Foster’s first stint as an NFL coach lasted just 10 days.
As reported by ESPN college football senior writer Pete Thamel on Monday, the former Carolina Panthers rusher has now been named the new head football coach for the University of Los Angeles, California. Foster had been hired by the Las Vegas Raiders as their running backs coach on Feb. 2.
UCLA has been a home for the Charlotte, N.C. native since 1998, when he began his collegiate career as a Bruin. His four-year stay yielded 3,049 rushing yards, 43 total touchdowns and a 2001 second-team All-American nod.
After a six-year run in the NFL, with five of those coming in Carolina, Foster embarked on a coaching career with his alma mater beginning as student assistant in 2013. He’d go on to serve as a graduate assistant in 2014 and 2015, take a one-year hiatus to Texas Tech University as a running backs coach in 2016 and then return to Los Angeles for the same position from 2017 to 2023.
Foster will now fill the vacancy left behind by Chip Kelly, who jumped over to Ohio State University as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
