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Karl Dorrell Fired at UCLA
December 3, 2007 |
After an up and down season that saw his Bruins beat ranked Cal and Oregon teams, but lose to Utah and Notre Dame, UCLA coach Karl Dorrell was fired today.
Dorrell was 35-27 in his five seasons at UCLA and led the Bruins to a bowl appearance in each season. He is also credited with cleaning up a program that had been plagued with off-the-field problems. Don’t feel too bad for him though. He was under contract through 2011, so he’ll get a buyout worth almost $2 million. He hasn’t decided whether or not he’ll coach the Bruins in the Las Vegas Bowl. If not defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker will take over.
Now that Dorrell’s officially out UCLA has turned to finding a replacement. According to the LA Times the leading candidates are Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach (83rd in our rankings), Boise State head coach Chris Peterson (26th in our rankings), and former 49ers and Lions head coach Steve Mariucci.
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