UCLA leaving it to the pros in coaching search

Bruins' committee features two members of Commanders' front office and Wasserman.

- BY BEN BOLCH

UCLA's five-member search committee for its next football coach that was revealed Thursday features heavy hitters from various corners of the professional sports world, including two who helped engineer a quick turnaround with the NFL's Washington Commanders.

Commanders general manager Adam Peters and adviser Bob Myers - who will be joined on the committee by sports executive Casey Wasserman, former NFL star linebacker Eric Kendricks and UCLA executive senior associate athletics director Erin Adkins - were part of the team that hired Washington coach Dan Quinn, who took the Commanders to the NFC championship game in his first season. They will hope to have similar success in selecting the successor to Bruins coach DeShaun Foster, who was fired earlier this month after his team started the season with three consecutive losses. Every member of the committee will be driven to find a winner given they either graduated from UCLA or work for the school's athletic department.