"Chesney arrives in Westwood in the wake of a program in spiral after DeShaun Foster's coaching tenure lasted just 15 games. He brings a reputation as a turnaround artist, flipping places like Salve Regina (Division III), Assumption (Division II) and Holy Cross (FCS) into big winners. He arrived at James Madison and had them in the College Football Playoff within two years."
"How will he turn it around at UCLA? He'll bring a blueprint from past rebuilds and lessons learned from his dad, Bob Chesney Sr., who he watched coach in high school. Chesney started his coaching career in Vermont making $5,000 year and worked his way up every step of the ladder. "I knew that this wasn't a profession," he told ESPN, "it was a way of life." What will that life look like at UCLA? He shared his early vision with ESPN."
"When I looked out there, to me, there's some things in there that I know we probably don't use. There's a couple things that look dated. Let's get that all out, and let's figure out what we actually use. If you can't clean a weight room, or you walk over a piece of garbage, you can't win a game. Little things matter."
Bob Chesney arrives at UCLA with a reputation for rapidly turning around struggling programs and a varied background including mining coal, bartending and every on-field coaching role. He led Salve Regina, Assumption and Holy Cross to success and moved James Madison into the College Football Playoff within two years. He inherits a program in disarray after a short previous tenure and plans to apply a proven blueprint from past rebuilds and lessons from his father. He emphasizes hard work, attention to small details like equipment and weight-room cleanliness, and disciplined accumulation of weekly habits into on-field results.
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