"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."
""I want to thank the members of the search committee who have, out of their love for UCLA, agreed to contribute their time and expertise to this process," "We will identify, recruit and invest in a leader who has the vision, the confidence, the attitude, and the proven ability to return UCLA football to national prominence, and we will provide the resources to compete and win at the highest level. That's our commitment to our alumni, fans and supporters.""
"One prominent figure with strong UCLA ties missing from the committee was Troy Aikman, the former Bruins quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer who was part of the committee that in 2017 landed Chip Kelly. That hiring of the hottest coaching candidate on the market was considered a coup, even if Kelly's results in the six seasons that followed were largely disappointing."
The five-member search committee includes Adam Peters, Bob Myers, Casey Wasserman, Eric Kendricks, and Erin Adkins. Peters and Myers helped build the Washington Commanders' rapid turnaround and hiring of coach Dan Quinn, who reached the NFC Championship Game in his first season. The committee will select a successor to Bruins coach DeShaun Foster, who was fired after the team began the season with three straight losses. Martin Jarmond will head the committee and pledged to identify, recruit, and invest in a leader with vision, confidence, attitude, and proven ability to return UCLA football to national prominence. Committee members maintain ties to UCLA through graduation or employment.
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