COACHES & STAFF COACHES & STAFF CHUCK BULLOUGH NORM CHOW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR-1ST SEASON/LINEBACKERS-4TH SEASON OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/QUARTERBACKS-2ND SEASON MICHIGAN STATE ’92 UTAH ’68 Chuck Bullough (BULL-ah), who had fi ve years of NFL coaching experience with the Norm Chow, who is considered one of the top offensive coaches in collegiate football Chicago Bears prior to coming to Westwood, is set to begin his fourth season as coach history, is in his second season as the Bruin offensive coordinator and quarterback of the Bruin linebackers and his fi rst as the defensive coordinator. coach. In 2008, quarterback Kevin Craft completed 232 passes, the second-highest Last season, his linebacker group once again excelled as a group. Reggie Carter led the total in school history. 2009 BRUINS team with 83 tackles and three fumble recoveries while redshirt freshmen Steve Sloan Chow came to UCLA in January of 2007 from the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, where he had and Akeem Ayers gained valuable experience for the future. Carter's 20 tackles at BYU served as offensive coordinator for the previous three years. He is credited with helping were the most by a Bruin since 1989. Vince Young’s transition from college to pro football. In 2007, the Titans earned a spot in The 2007 Bruin defense ranked 14th in the nation in rushing defense (109.2 yards per the NFL playoffs and fi nished the regular season with a record of 10-6. game) and 29th in total defense (343.23 yds/g). Leading the way for the linebacker In 2006, Young, a rookie quarterback from Texas, took over the offense during the fourth group was the foursome of Christian Taylor (third on team in tackles), Kyle Bosworth week of the season. He led the team to an 8-5 record, earned Rookie of the Year honors (5th), Reggie Carter (t-6th) and Aaron Whittington (9th). Taylor ranked second on the (only the second quarterback to win AP Offensive Rookie of the Year) and became the team with 12.5 tackles for loss, while Carter was third with a total of 12.0. In a game at fi rst rookie quarterback to play in the Pro Bowl. Washington State, Bosworth recorded 19 tackles. OPPONENTS Young earned all of the headlines, but it was the running game that drove the offense In 2006, the Bruins tied for ninth in the nation, and for fi rst in the Pac-10 conference, as the Titans fi nished fi fth in the league in rushing, amassing the sixth-highest rushing in rushing defense (91.08 yds/g) with a young group of linebackers. Taylor, Carter and total in franchise history (2,214 yards) and the highest yards per carry in franchise Eric McNeal helped to lead the Bruin defense. Taylor ranked second on the team with history (4.7). 83 tackles and fi fth (tied) in the Pac-10 in tackles (1.04/g) for loss and 16th in tackles In 2005, Chow adapted to the pro game with ease despite an offense that relied on a (6.38/g).McNeal made a game-saving tip and interception against USC to seal a Bruin youthful cast of players and encountered numerous injuries. Tennessee ranked ninth in victory. Carter earned Freshman All-America honors after tallying 48 tackles, including the NFL in passing and ranked 17th overall in offense. The group of rookie receivers 6.0 for loss. (WR Brandon Jones, WR Roydell Williams, WR Courtney Roby and TE Bo Scaife) became Bullough, 41, has been a member of two staffs on which the head coach earned "Coach the fi rst quartet of rookie receivers since the 1968 Buffalo Bills to each record at least of the Year" honors. In 2001, Dick Jauron was named NFL Coach of the Year after leading 20 receptions in a season. Scaife would also establish a new rookie tight end franchise the Bears to a 13-3 record (Chicago was 4-12 in the season prior to that staff's arrival). mark for receptions with 37. 2008 IN REVIEW In 2005, Western Michigan improved from 1-10 to 7-4, the biggest turnaround in MAC Before joining the Titans, Chow spent 32 productive years coaching at the collegiate history, and fi rst-year head coach Bill Cubit was named MAC Coach of the Year. level, tasting every form of success at that level, including three national titles (BYU, 1984; Bullough has coached numerous players to post-season honors. Reggie Carter earned USC 2003, 2004), tutoring three Heisman Trophy winners (Ty Detmer, Carson Palmer, second-team All-Pac-10 honors from the league's coaches in 2008. He garnered fi rst-team Matt Leinart), participating in 27 bowl games, and three times being named national As- Freshman All-America acclaim in 2006 from rivals.com; second-team honors from both sistant Coach of the Year. He left an indelible mark on the college game as he worked collegefootballnews.com and scout.com; and third-team accolades from The Sporting with many of the NCAA’s top career passing effi ciency leaders. Chow has mentored News. In 2005, Bullough was linebackers coach at Western Michigan when Ameer Ismail six fi rst-round NFL draft picks (Palmer, Leinart, Philip Rivers, Steve Young, Jim McMahon, earned fi rst-team All-MAC honors. Ismail ranking sixth (tied) nationally with 20 tackles Marc Wilson) and one Pro Football Hall of Fame member (Young). for loss and 34th with eight sacks that season. In 2004, he worked as linebackers coach UCLA RECORDS Chow, 63, joined the Titans in February of 2005, after spending four seasons as offensive and special teams coordinator at Lake Forest College. coordinator at the University of Southern California. At the helm of USC’s offense, For the fi ve previous seasons (1999-03), Bullough coached every defensive position and Chow directed an attack that ranked in the nation’s top 20 in total offense in each of special teams on the staff of the Chicago Bears. In 2003, he was assistant defensive backs his fi nal three seasons, tutored two Heisman trophy-winning quarterbacks (Palmer in coach and cornerback Charles Tillman was named the NFL Rookie of the Year. In 2002, 2002 and Leinart in 2004) and won two national titles. The Trojans were 42-9 during his he was assistant defensive line coach when defensive tackle Ted Washington earned a four seasons, 36-3 in the fi nal three. Pro Bowl berth. From 1999-2001, he was assistant linebacker coach and Brian Urlacher In his fi nal season at USC, the Trojans ranked sixth nationally in scoring offense (38.2), was a Pro Bowl selection. During the entire fi ve seasons, he was assistant special teams seventh in passing effi ciency, 12th in total offense (449.1) and 13th in passing offense coach, tutoring Larry Whigham and Jerry Azumah to the Pro Bowl. (271.7). Quarterback Matt Leinart was the Heisman Trophy winner, Walter Camp Player A two-time All-Big Ten selection (fi rst team in 1991 and second in 1990) and second-team of the Year, repeated as a fi rst team All-American and was the Pac-10 Co-Offensive Player All-American linebacker at Michigan State University, Bullough set an MSU single-season of the Year for the second consecutive season. In 2003, Leinart set Pac-10 season records BRUINS IN THE NFL record with 175 tackles. He was a member of three bowl championship teams, including for touchdown passes (38) and consecutive passes without an interception (212). He the 1987 Rose Bowl squad, and MSU won two Big Ten titles during his career. Bullough also had the highest passing effi ciency rating (164.5) of any USC quarterback in history. was selected in the eighth round of the 1992 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles and USC was fi fth nationally in passing effi ciency and scoring offense, 13th in passing offense had a fi ve-year career in the National Football League. He played for the Miami Dolphins (291.6) and 14th in total offense (447.5). The offense set Pac-10 season records with (1993-95) and attended camps with the Eagles (1992) and Indianapolis Colts (1996). He 534 points and by scoring 40-plus points in seven consecutive games. began his coaching career at his alma mater, assisting with defensive backs in 1997 and In 2002, quarterback Carson Palmer won the Heisman Trophy and Unitas Award en route the offensive line in 1998. to becoming the NFL’s number one overall selection and the Pac-10’s career leader in His father, Henry, rose from the steel mills of Canton, OH, to become known as the passing yards and total offense, while USC led the Pac-10 in total offense and scoring HISTORY "Doctor of Defense" as an NFL defensive coordinator for 23 years for multiple teams. offense. Nationally, the offense ranked sixth in passing effi ciency, eighth in passing offense TRADITION/ He served as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills for parts of the 1985 and 1986 seasons. (306.8) and total offense (449.2) and ninth in scoring offense (35.8). Henry earned a Super Bowl championship ring as an assistant coach with the Colts in Chow spent the 2000 season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 1970 and won national collegiate football championships at Michigan State, as a player in at North Carolina State. The Wolfpack passing offense was ranked 15th nationally 1952 and as the defensive coordinator of the Spartans' 1965 and 1966 teams. (292.6). His quarterback, Philip Rivers, was a Freshman All-American who completed RECRUITING RESPONSIBILITIES — San Fernando Valley, Ventura County, Santa 53.7% (237 of 441) of his passes for 3,054 yards with 25 touchdowns and ranked 12th Clarita, Antelope Valley.