UCLA men finished 15th (last place) at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships

There is nothing in the NCAA case involving Dalia Frias at all. She had nothing to do with it.
She originally committed to UCLA from another school and then changed course after Brosnan left. That happens all the time when athletes want to compete for a specific coach.
When programs have strong coaches, athletes want to run for them. And when athletes believe in the training and culture, teams usually perform well. Hard to believe, huh?

Brosnan has been gone from UCLA for a while now, although I agree he would be a great addition if they ever brought him back to help the distance side.
From what I’ve been told, he’s coaching in Flagstaff right now and seems to be at almost every major race. He recently posted from the Diamond League in Shanghai, China, and I doubt he’s traveling there just for fun. Only he really knows that answer to most of these questions.
People also forget that not every coach wants to move anywhere in the country just to take a NCAA job, and that probably applies to Brosnan too. Plus, in a LetsRun interview after UCLA, he basically said he had no interest in going back to high school coaching or the NCAA.

Since UCLA helped USC blow up the PAC12, their "success" in their new conference brings a smile to may face.

Joanna Haye has been an embarrassment to Westwood. You don’t have to like it, but it’s fact. Cross Country, indoor track and outdoor track has never been worse

It’s honestly hard to believe how bad they’ve been lately. At some point soon, either Hayes gets fired or UCLA is basically admitting it doesn’t really care about track anymore. You can’t expect to have a competitive program while continuing to get these kinds of results year after year. Honestly, it feels like it can’t get much worse at this point. I’m sure she understands the technical side of sprinting and hurdles, but there’s clearly a major issue when it comes to leadership, program direction, and hiring the right people around her.

i hope she stays there forever! Go Trojans

That's true, you need good people but nowadays you need major deep pockets. Does she have that? Of course recruiting to the #1 pubic school in the country and a top 10 school overall you would think they have quite a carrot there. Never been to UCLA but sounds like its in paradise and a chance for a young person to live in california for 4-5 years and be able to afford it.

This is a clown crew:

Joanna Hayes — Director of Track & Field/Cross Country (head coach)
Andrew Ferris — Assistant Coach, Distance
Sean Denard — Assistant Coach, Throws
Tate Curran — Assistant Coach, Pole Vault
Nick Newman — Assistant Coach, Jumps/Multis
Arman Hall — Assistant Coach, Sprints
Mecca McGlaston — Assistant Coach, Sprints/Hurdles
Wellington Zaza — Assistant Coach, Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps

And this is why they are last place at Big Tens. No question they have band leadership and bad coaches.

Unless UCLA doesn’t care at all and just wants a black Women coaching she’ll get fired. Joanna Hayes is one of the worst P4 coaches in the NCAA.

Results don’t lie

This staff feels like a collection of largely unproven coaches who haven’t shown they can lead a major Power Conference program at a high level. Right now, it looks like a group of largely unknown or unestablished coaches who were handed one of the biggest jobs in college track & field and simply haven’t delivered.
It’s honestly sad watching UCLA’s track history continue to decline like this. It also makes people question why UCLA moved on from Avery Anderson in the first place. During his time there, UCLA had multiple men’s 4x400 relay teams run under 3:00, and a large part of his tenure was spent dealing with COVID restrictions and all the challenges that came with that. Even with those obstacles, they were still far more competitive than what we’re seeing now.

17th on the Big 10 performance list for the 800 is 1:46.95. 8th is 1:46.03.

18th in the 1500 is 3:39 and 8th is 3:37.

The other distance events are really competitive too. Oregon, Washington, Penn State, Michigan and Wisconsin are really good.

UCLA is no longer giving distance scholarships. They are only going to track.

Should have kept the previous coach.

My teeth about feel out when I read that post... I was thinking surely LA hasn't gone down to the point that Bel Air is ghetto. LOL.

I can only guess that that poster got USC and UCLA mixed up.

But he is right about one thing... If you go out your door and go north across Sunset Blvd... it certainly is tough... Uphill for miles up to Mulholland.

Running through Bel Air isn't a selling point when they offer no distance scholarships and no NIL money.

Traffic is insane, the air quality is garbage, and everything is really expensive there.

Well they might want to reconsider because its not working in track (sprints)

There have been UCLA distance coaches in the past who proved you can absolutely win there. At this point, the LA excuses just don’t hold up anymore. The current distance results are honestly hard to explain given UCLA’s resources, history, and brand.
The reality is the leadership hasn’t been good, and neither have the hires. At some point, people need to stop making excuses and face what’s actually happening to the program.

This staff looks more like a community college setup than a Power 4 coaching staff 😂😂😂

I was looking forward to what Brosnan could have done. He was turning things around quickly, he's a high risk high reward for the next school to hire.