Former UCLA quarterback Neuheisel named head coach

kcudah posted 12/29/2007 from sports.espn.go.com [flag]

Rick Neuheisel is coming back to UCLA -- this time as head coach. Neuheisel, who quarterbacked the Bruins to victory in the 1984 Rose Bowl and later served as an assistant under Terry Donahue, was hired Saturday as his alma mater's 16th coach. The 46-year-old Neuheisel succeeds Karl Dorrell, who was fired Dec. 3 after five seasons on the job. [link]

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Neuheisel Returns to Westwood as UCLA Coach
Published 12/29/2007 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... Looks like UCLA finally found their man - a man named Rick Neuheisel: ...

Slick Rick Will Be Back In Baby Blue.
Published 12/29/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... So, the prodigal son is finally coming home — along with all 50+ of his violations from the University of Colorado, the bad feelings post U-Dub (although in this case, his suit was completely justified; they wanted to fire him for being a liar about the 49ers coaching job), and everything else — yet Dan Guerrero and UCLA have apparently made him the head coach in the latest futile attempt to compete with USC. Yes, ...

Dave is back
Published 12/30/2007 by Dave <info@addictedtoquack.com> at Addicted To Quack: Front Page Posts
... Also, as if trying to steal our coach wasn't enough of a reason to hate UCLA, they have hired Rick Neuheisel as their new head coach. I can smell the recruiting violations now. As much as I hate Neuheisel, though, UCLA just became a lot scarier. ...

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Shot Across the Bow??

Posted 12/31/2007 on Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts

OK I'll Bite... Someone emailed this to me from College Football News and it reinforces what I wrote earlier . Two Rose Bowl games, played 24 years apart, will now be forever linked in the history books by the looming presence of Neuheisel and the coincidental presence of Illinois. When Neuheisel played the Illini in the first hours of 1984, a bloodbath ensued; nearly two and a half decades ...

Insert Rose-Based Play On Words Here

Posted 12/30/2007 on Uni Watch

I was going to go with something written by Bret Michaels, the noted poet and wordsmith of Poison (except for the songs written by C.C. DeVille), but decided against it. You know, because it would suck and all … So while you get the words to “Unskinny Bop” firmly entrenched in your head, take a moment to check out the flowery adornment from the 1984 Rose Bowl. ...

Amazingly, Rick Neuheisel Continues to Get Work

Posted 12/29/2007 on Walk Off Balk

Rick Neuheisel, who is currently the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, has now been hired by UCLA to be their new football coach. Neuheisel, who quarterbacked the Bruins to victory in the 1984 Rose Bowl and later served as an assistant under Terry Donahue, was hired today as his alma mater's 16th coach. The 46-year-old Neuheisel succeeds Karl Dorrell, who was fired Dec. 3 after ...

Neuheisel Officially Named UCLA Head Coach

Posted 12/29/2007 on Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts

From the UCLA Official website . Dec. 29, 2007 Rick Neuheisel, who quarterbacked UCLA to victory in the 1984 Rose Bowl and who compiled a record of 66-30 as a collegiate head coach, has been named his alma mater's 16th head football coach, Bruin athletic director Dan Guerrero announced today. Good! I can't wait. I will have more on this later this evening as I had a feeling this was the ...

Bruins Opt For College Hoops Aficionado

Posted 12/29/2007 on Can't Stop The Bleeding

From the AP : Rick Neuheisel is coming back to UCLA — this time as head coach. Neuheisel, who quarterbacked the Bruins to victory in the 1984 Rose Bowl and later served as an assistant under Terry Donahue, was hired Saturday as his alma mater’s 16th coach. Neuheisel spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, who finish the ...

Neuheisel to be next coach at UCLA

Published 12/29/2007 on FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Rick Neuheisel is coming back to UCLA - this time as head coach. Neuheisel, who quarterbacked the Bruins to victory in the 1984 Rose Bowl and later served as an assistant under Terry Donahue, was hired Saturday as his alma mater's 16th coach. The ...