UCLA Names Six-Member Coach Search Committee

UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond has named a six-member committee to lead the search for a new head football coach after firing DeShaun Foster following an 0-3 start, with Tim Skipper serving as interim. The panel includes Jarmond, Casey Wasserman, Washington Commanders GM Adam Peters, former Warriors executive Bob Myers, former NFL linebacker Eric Kendricks, and UCLA executive senior associate AD Erin Adkins. Peters and Myers — who were part of the front office that hired Dan Quinn and helped engineer Washington’s quick turnaround to the NFC Championship Game — are viewed as high-profile additions the program hopes will replicate that success. Notably, Pro Football Hall of Famer and alumnus Troy Aikman is absent from the panel, and Wasserman is the only member carried over from UCLA’s 2017 coaching search. Jarmond said the panel will “identify, recruit and invest in a leader” to return UCLA football to national prominence, and officials added that most head-coaching hires occur in December, giving the school ample time to conduct the search.