UCLA FOOTBALL UPDATE: COACHING STAFF GETS MORE NFL EXPERIENCE.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX coach Karl Dorrell Karl Dorrell (born December 18, 1963 in Alameda, California) is the first black head coach in the history of the UCLA Bruins college football team, a position he took on December 18, 2002. finished remaking his coaching staff Tuesday, and with the hiring of offensive line coach Jim Colletto Jim Colletto is the current offensive line coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was hired on January 29, 2007 after spending a year as the UCLA offensive line coach under Karl Dorrell. , a former UCLA football and baseball star, it is clear the Bruins' third-year coach believed finding assistants with NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga experience was vital. Colletto was also named assistant head coach. Also, Dorrell did the expected and promoted quarterbacks coach Jim Svoboda to offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during . Svoboda, who will continue to coach the quarterbacks, is expected to run the offense and call the plays. ``I wanted some guys that had a good college background and good NFL experience,'' Dorrell said. ``I think it's a great combination to have when you're coaching young people. ``And the reason why I say that, they all aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for be on that level. When you have guys that have played on that level, coached on that level, that gives you a great benefit in really emphasizing our fundamentals, and emphasizing how we need to be, and what we need to be.'' In Dorrell's first three seasons, none of his assistants had NFL experience. But four of his five new hires coached for a combined 24 years in the NFL, and that should help in recruiting. Defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League or college football who is in charge of the defense. This position aids the head coach a great deal in many ways by delegating play calling to other coaches and allowing the head DeWayne Walker spent seven seasons in the NFL, defensive line coach Todd Howard has five years experience and Chuck Bullough was in the NFL for five seasons. Receivers coach D.J. McCarthy also joined the staff. ``Winning sells the biggest,'' Dorrell said. ``But it does help to have (coaches) that have been there, on that level, before. There's no question. There's no denying that. That's part of the equation.'' Colletto, who captained UCLA's 1966 Rose Bowl-winning squad and is a member of UCLA's Baseball Hall of Fame, spent last season with the Oakland Raiders. Brian Dohn, (818) 713-3607 brian.dohn(at)dailynews.com |
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