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COACHES & STAFF 2009 BRUINS OPPONENTS 2008 IN REVIEW UCLA RECORDS TRADITION/ BRUINS IN THE NFL GENERAL INFO HISTORY 3 eld. fi ve teams fi nishing in the Top 10 on three oc- nishing in the Top fi nished 7-6 and tied for 4th in the Pac-10

fi nished 8-4 overall and second in the Pac-10 with a nished 8-4 overall and second in the Pac-10 fi THE HEAD THE nal AP Poll that season, winning three of those games. fi RICK NEUHEISEL'S HEAD COACHING RECORD RICK NEUHEISEL'S HEAD COACHING nal season, the Huskies fi Year W L T Pct. Conf. Post-Season Rank Post-Season Conf. 8th Holiday Aloha Pct. North North North Cotton 5th T T-2nd 4th .833 2nd L 4th .833 .455 0 W Year .667 0 0 2 Colorado Holiday 0 2 1995 10 T-2nd 6 19th .702 1996 10 Holiday .583 4 0 1997 5 T-2nd Rose T-1st Sun 14 0 3rd 1998 8 T-4th .917 .667 33 Totals .538 0 5 0 Washington 0 1 1999 7 8th 4 .673 2000 11 .333 6 0 2001 8 16 0 2002 7 33 Totals 8 UCLA 2008 4 Years 9 70 38 0 .648 7 Bowls Rankings Top-10 3 nished second twice in those four seasons. The Husky offense averaged nished second ranked in the while ranking fourth nationally in passing offense (346.2 yards per game) and while ranking fourth nationally in passing offense earning a spot in the Sun Bowl. In 2001, Washington The Huskies faced 6-2 mark, earning a trip to the Holiday Bowl. to build a program our supporters will be proud of, both on and off the supporters will be proud of, both on and off the to build a program our I can’t wait to get started.” seasons to the collegiate ranks after spending three Neuheisel, 48, returned . He served (2005-07) as an assistant coach for the NFL’s in January of 2007, was pro- as coach in 2005 and 2006 and coach. With the Ravens, he moted to /quarterbacks McNair and, most recently, worked with quarterbacks Kyle Boller, Steve 2006 Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith. University of Colorado and In his eight years as a college head coach at the a record of 66-30, winning at the , he fashioned least 10 games on three occasions and casions, and led his teams to seven bowl games. casions, and led his teams to seven bowl games. coach at the University of During his four seasons (1999-2002) as head of 33-16 (.673) and four Washington, Neuheisel led the Huskies to a record and one Sun Bowl). His bowl games (one Rose Bowl, two Holiday Bowls won one league title and Pac-10 record was 23-9 (.719) and Washington fi by a 420.7 mark in 2002 over 390 yards per game in each season, topped (17th in the nation) and 407.9 in 2000 (35th). In his UCLA FOOTBALL - THEN ... NOW ... FOREVER nal record, he fi

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HEAD FOOTBALL COACH :: 2ND SEASON :: UCLA '84 UCLA :: 2ND SEASON :: COACH HEAD FOOTBALL RICK NEUHEISEL RICK Head Coach Rick Neuheisel addresses the crowd at the Rose Bowl at the Rose Bowl the crowd Head Coach Rick Neuheisel addresses Chancellor (Gene) Block for the opportunity to come home. We are going Chancellor (Gene) Block for the opportunity Neuheisel. “UCLA is a special place and I want to thank Dan Guerrero and Neuheisel. “UCLA is a special place and I want “I am thrilled to be returning to my alma mater as its head coach,” said “I am thrilled to be returning to my alma achieve.” equipped to lead the program and attain the success all Bruin fans wish to equipped to lead the program and attain the and can motivate our players, fans and supporters. We believe he is well- and can motivate our players, fans and supporters. “Rick is an outstanding coach and recruiter. He is outgoing and personable; He is outgoing and personable; “Rick is an outstanding coach and recruiter. national rankings and that is what we are looking to do at UCLA. national rankings and that is what we are looking and Washington continually challenged for conference championships and and Washington continually challenged for tor Dan Guerrero at the time of Neuheisel’s hiring. “His teams at Colorado tor Dan Guerrero at the time of Neuheisel’s the coach who can take our program to the next level,” said athletic direc- the coach who can take our program to the “Rick has enjoyed great success throughout his career and we believe he is “Rick has enjoyed great success throughout Middle East, visiting U.S. troops at various bases. troops visiting U.S. East, Middle This past Spring, he participated in the second annual Coaches Tour to the Tour he participated Coaches in the second annual This past Spring, things for the future of Bruin football. Top 10 recruiting class. Neuheisel is “relentlessly positive” and sees great Top 10 recruiting class. Neuheisel is “relentlessly laid a solid foundation to build upon and in February signed a second straight laid a solid foundation to build upon and in February national television on Labor Day evening. Despite the team’s national television on Labor Day evening. Despite rallied late in the fourth quarter for victories, including versus Tennessee on rallied late in the fourth quarter for victories, brought energy and excitement to the program. Twice last season, the Bruins brought energy and excitement to the program. The energetic and personable Neuheisel returned to UCLA last season and The energetic and personable Neuheisel returned schools, is in his second year as head coach at his alma mater. schools, is in his second and who enjoyed success as a head coach at two other BCS conference as a head coach at two other BCS conference and who enjoyed success Rick Neuheisel, who quarterbacked UCLA to victory in the 1984 Rose Bowl UCLA to victory in the 1984 Rose Rick Neuheisel, who quarterbacked GENERALTRADITION/ INFO BRUINSUCLA RECORDS IN THE NFL 2008 IN REVIEW OPPONENTS 2009 BRUINS COACHES & STAFF HISTORY 4 including ButkusAward winningLBMattRussell,and averaged452.1yardsof ning 10consecutiveroadgames. That teamproducedthreeAll-Americans, and outscoredopponents319-199 whilesettingaschoolrecordbywin- second intheBig12North.TheBuffaloes wererankedeighthonbothpolls including a33-21victoryoverWashington intheHolidayBowl,and During the1996season,Neuheisel recordedhissecondstraight10-2season, formed thenucleusofColorado’s 2001Big12championshipteam. 12 inpassingoffense(232.4).Neuheiselthensignedarecruitingclass that total defensethatyear.In1997,Colorado over OregonintheAlohaBowl,andBuffaloesranked13thnationally in ances. Inhis rado, Neuheiselwon33of47games(.702)andallthreebowl appear- During hisfourseasons(1995-98)asheadcoachattheUniversity of Colo- season. fi ond inthePac-10,earningatriptoHolidayBowl.Neuheiselbecame the In 1999,his since 1991andtheschool’s quarter comebacks.Itmarkedthe Washington trailedineightofits11winsandrecorded ish andavictoryinthe2001RoseBowl.Itwasyearofgreatcomebacksas In 2000,NeuheiselledtheHuskiestoan11-1record,a rst coachinschoolhistorytoleadaHuskyteambowlberthhis UCLA FOOTBALL - THEN ...NOW ... FOREVER er 3 1 3 2bowl victories 12 .680 291 Totals 198 2,480 1575 0 BluebonnetBowl (Lost) 0 0 1979 .000 0 3 RoseBowl (Won) 1980 10 RoseBowl (Won) 0 1 0 1981 .000 0 17 1 1982 23 10 .693 2,245 1353 267 4 185 1 38 13 1983 2 1 Year PA .565 7 4 Redshirt 235 Passing PC 2 10 INT 7 5 years 75 PCT 1979 5 YDS 1980 9 TD 1981 1982 LG 6 1983 2 Year W Bruins UCLA 0 0 L T Rick NeuheiselwastheMVPof1984RoseBowl fi RICK NEUHEISEL'SRECORD ASAPLAYER rst seasoninSeattle,Washington THE HEADCOACH fi nal season,Colorado fi rst RoseBowltitlesincethatsameseason. fi rst timeWashingtonhadwon10games fi nished 8-4,includinga51-43victory fi nished 5-6butstillledtheBig fi nished 7-5but fi rst-place Pac-10 fi ve straightfourth- fi nished sec- nished fi nished fi rst fi n- ever bya to a10-2record(thebest polls. HeguidedtheBuffaloes fi coach (1995),Colorado In his (Division IA). ball BowlSubdivision head coachintheFoot- at thetimefora two seasonswerethe Neuheisel’s 20-4recordinhis just 315.5yardstoopponents. offense, including303.5intheair,whileallowing playmodi feated MichiganinAnnArboronalastsecond to CUfromUCLA.Thatyear,Coloradode- assistant coachunderBillMcCartneyaftergoing Neuheisel spentthe1994seasonasaColorado 1996) thatwasratedNo.2nationally. season, hesignedarecruitingclass(February a teamtobowlgame.Followinghis ing the ton Bowl(a38-6winoverOregon),becom- and anappearanceintheCot- ing forplacekickerJohnLee,and earned thestartingquarterbackjobduring Neuheisel beganhiscollegiatecareer atUCLA(1979-83)asawalk-on,hold- downs. son, hecompleted211of385passes (.548)for2,544yardsand14touch- League (USFL),playingwiththeSan AntonioGunslingers.Inhisrookiesea- He alsospenttwoseasons(1984 and1985)intheUnitedStatesFootball (81.8%). and atouchdown,settingteamrecordforcompletionpercentage in agame for ascore.AgainstTampaBay,hecompleted18of22passes217 yards completed 40of59passesfor367yardsandonetouchdown alsoran played inthreegameswiththeSanDiegoChargersandstartedtwice. He The Bruinheadcoachalsoplayedsomeprofessionalfootball.In 1987, he season –Aikman. teach theoffensetoatransferfromOklahomawhohadsitout the 1986 In 1986,heservedasavolunteercoachandhismajorassignment wasto NFL Draft. 24 (sincebroken).AikmanwastheNo.1selectionin the 1989 passes (sincebroken)for2,771yards,a.644percentageandschool record fi man’s senioryear(1988).AikmanearnedconsensusAll-Americahonorsand for twoseasons,includingfuture NFLHallofFamequarterbackTroyAik- Neuheisel joinedtheUCLAstafffull-timein1988andcoachedquarterbacks 600 yards. at least35receptionsfor Moore andLaChapelle–allmade three Bruins–ScottMiller,Reggie in Neuheisel’slastyear(1993).In1990, 1991 andJordanmade45asasophomore downs. LaChapellemade73receptionsin tions, 1,181yards(sincebroken)and17touch- Bowl whilesettingschoolrecordswith82recep- In 1993,StokeshelpedtheBruinsreachRose as J.J.Stokes,KevinJordanandSeanLaChapelle. to developsomeofUCLA’sall-timegreats,such four yearshetutoredthewidereceivers,helping sistant coachathisalmamater.During Neuheisel spentsixseasons(1988-93)asanas- Neuheisel. nished nished thirdintheHeismanTrophyrace,completingaschoolrecord 228 fi rst seasonasahead fi rst rookieColoradocoachtotake fi fth onbothmajor fi rst-year CUcoach) fi rst-time fi fi fth-most wins fth-most ed onthe sidelineby fi rst fi rst fi nal COACHES & STAFF 2009 BRUINS OPPONENTS 2008 IN REVIEW UCLA RECORDS TRADITION/ BRUINS IN THE NFL GENERAL INFO HISTORY 5 41-15 24-20 5-3 70-38

H A N Total N A 1-0 Opponents Vs. Records Total (includes UCLA) H 3-0 Air Force State Arizona 0-1 2-2 Arizona 2-3 1-0 Baylor 0-1 3-1 1-0 BYU 4-1 California 1-0 4-0 State 2-0 1-0 Colorado Colorado 1-1 2-1 3-2 State Fresno 1-0 1-0 State 2-0 Idaho 3-0 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-1 Iowa State 2-0 2-0 1-1 Kansas 4-0 0-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 Kansas Miami 1-1 Michigan 1-1 1-1 2-2 Missouri Nebraska 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 NE Louisiana 1-1 1-3 State 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 Oklahoma 2-1 2-2 0-2 0-2 0-4 Oklahoma State 1-0 1-0 Oregon 2-1 1-1 Oregon 3-2 2-0 2-0 Purdue 2-0 4-2 1-0 1-2 State San Jose Stanford 1-0 Tennessee A&M 1-0 1-0 Texas 3-0 1-0 Texas 1-1 1-0 4-0 2-1 Tech Texas UCLA 0-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 USC Utah State 4-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 State 6-0 Washington 1-1 0-2 1-3 Washington Wisconsin 1-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-0 2-0 Wyoming Totals 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 THE HEAD COACH HEAD THE Head Coach Rick Neuheisel and his wife Susan Head Coach Rick Neuheisel and his wife UCLA FOOTBALL - THEN ... NOW ... FOREVER H A N Total N H A Record at Colorado (1995-1998) Record Baylor 1-0 1-0 2-2 0-2 2-2 2-0 2-0 1-0 Baylor 0-4 1-1 2-0 Colorado State State Fresno 0-1 State Iowa 2-0 2-0 1-1 Kansas 1-1 1-0 0-2 Kansas State 1-0 1-0 Michigan 0-1 2-0 4-0 2-0 Missouri 1-1 Nebraska 0-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 NE Louisiana 33-14 1-1 Oklahoma 1-0 Oklahoma State 1-0 4-0 Oregon 1-0 2-2 1-0 1-0 Texas 4-0 1-0 A&M Texas 1-1 Tech Texas 1-0 Utah State 12-7 Washington 2-1 1-1 1-0 State Washington 1-0 1-0 Wisconsin 1-0 1-0 1-0 Wyoming 17-7 Totals 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 August: 1-1 August: January: 2-0 January: December: 2-4 December: October: 22-13 October: September: 24-8 September: November: 19-12 November: Neuheisel by Month Neuheisel by 1999 - lost at UCLA 20-23 Neuheisel in Overtime (2-1) 2008 - defeated Tennessee 27-24 Tennessee 2008 - defeated NEUHEISEL VERSUS NEUHEISEL VERSUS OPPONENTS 2002 - won at Washington State (3ot) 29-26 Washington at 2002 - won H A N Total N H A nal game as a Bruin, he overcame food poisoning to lead UCLA to a as a Bruin, he overcame food poisoning nal game fi BYU 0-1 0-1 4-0 3-0 3-1 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 Air Force 1-1 2-1 2-0 Arizona 3-0 Arizona State 1-0 1-1 BYU 0-1 1-1 California 1-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 Colorado 1-0 0-1 Idaho 3-0 2-1 1-1 Kansas State Miami 1-0 33-16 Michigan 1-0 2-2 0-1 1-0 Oregon 1-0 State Oregon Purdue 1-3 1-0 0-1 State San Jose 2-0 2-0 Stanford 0-1 Texas 1-1 1-0 0-1 11-9 UCLA USC 1-0 State Washington 3-1 1-0 Wyoming 2-0 21-4 Totals 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-2 4-0 1-3 Record at Washington (1999-2002) Washington at Record his senior season (1983). He led the Bruins to the Pac-10 title after a 0-3-1 Bruins to the Pac-10 (1983). He led the his senior season completing 185 of All-Pac-10 honors while honorable mention start, earning percentage of touchdowns. His completion 2,245 yards and 13 267 passes for against Washington, In a classic game is still a school record. .693 that season .926 completion a then-NCAA record 25 of 27 passes for he completed record and a Pac-10 mark is still a UCLA in a 27-24 victory. That percentage a by in of 20 completions with a minimum record conference a game. In his game’s in the 1984 Rose Bowl. He was named the 45-9 victory against Illinois he was 298 yards and four touchdowns. In 1998, MVP after throwing for Bowl Hall of Fame for his efforts. inducted into the Rose and 15 completed 198 of 290 passes for 2,480 yards During his career, he record. percentage of .683 is also a school touchdowns and his completion In 1986, degree in Political Science in 1984. Neuheisel earned his Bachelor’s at USC as a volunteer, he attended law school while he was tutoring Aikman in May of 1990. and earned his degree up in Tempe, AZ, attending Born February 7, 1961 in Madison, WI, he grew a UCLA graduate, have three McClintock High School. He and his wife Susan, children, Jerry, Jack and Joe.