Who will be next UCLA distance coach?

The womens team has tons of potential if they can stay together they could realistically make it to nationals. The athletic department doesn’t want them to succeed that should be there greatest motivation to win.

Lol okay.

Totally true, unfortunately there is no change Avery can hold this group of girls together. UCLA has destroyed their season. Administration has made it clear they DO. NOT. CARE.

I don't know but whoever it is will have a hard time winning over the public even though the situation wasn't their fault.

If anyone can pick Rojo up from LAX for his interview, that's an easy $55 -- "off the books" -- waiting to be claimed.

Gjert will be new coach.

He's got the Hollywood type experience with the Ingebrigsten Reality show and now wants to go full Tinseltown.

Does it matter? UCLA will never be a top 10 mens or women's XC program, but should given the climate, recruiting base, etc.

We hear you, Sean!

Carl Rose

lol. did you just copy and paste the plot from the movie Major League?

Except for no good places to run on soft surfaces. Those Westwood to Santa Monica workouts along Santa Monica Blvd destroyed quite a few shins. Throw in bad air quality though it has improved a lot in recent years.

Who cares?

I think it needs to be said that UCLA has not been relevant since the late 1980s, the last time winning NCAA TF in 1988 and runner-up in 1995. For over 30 years they've pretty much been worse than 2-3 dozen other programs.

Good and bad for Brosnan: 1) UCLA did not realize what they had in a coach (John Wooden would have been fired under this administration and 2) hopefully he got a reality check in that he needs to tone it down a bit.. he only has a couple of more chances. Be humble.

Steve Magness baby!

Hate to be a stickler but it's Larsen...

Other than that I'd say, too bad Helen Lehman Winters was just signed by Ill, she would have been the top candidate to take the job.

On to the next candidate!

Who loves ya, Baby?

WHere was Avery in this mess? He hired Brosnan and had to have been involved in approving the transfers and scholarships.

Some astute posters in'22 said Brosnan would only last 1 yr because Avery would get fired and new director would clean house.

Pretty cruel of UCLA if they didn't let Brosnan know until a few days before his year-long contract expired. There is almost no time left for the coach or the athletes to seek other opportunities before school starts at most colleges for the Fall.

I don't think it will be easy for UCLA to find a top tier coach. Housing is extremely expensive around Westwood and commuting on the 405 and Santa Monica Freeways is a nightmare. It is an urban environment with few soft training surfaces nearby and the bar is quite high for acceptance into the school, even for athletes. So that limits the number of potential recruits.

It's a shame that UCLA, one of the top ranked public universities in the country, has been unable to produce competitive track and cross-country teams over the last 3 decades, given the depth of high school talent that emerges in So Cal each year.

former bruin--check.

elite athlete--barely, and not really relevant.

coaching experience--i guess so, but mediocre resume at best.

hope they can do better--that's my story, and i'm sticking to it,

cush

I'd guess Priscilla Bayley, former Calpoly XC head coach would be a great fit. Experienced and single handedly managed the Calpoly program when the late Mark Conover was sick. She is a good coach with a solid resume.