WATCH: UCLA Football Defensive Coordinator Bill McGovern on Evaluations, Spring Camp

The Bruins' new defensive coordinator made his first public media appearance since leaving the Chicago Bears to join the program.

Sam Connon | Apr 11, 2022

WATCH: UCLA Football Defensive Coordinator Bill McGovern on Evaluations, Spring Camp /

UCLA football defensive coordinator Bill McGovern spoke to reporters after practice Monday morning. McGovern talked about how he’s evaluated the players midway through spring camp, the changes he’s made to the defense, his first impressions of the Murphy twins and Azizi Hearn and the importance of veterans.

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Published Apr 11, 2022

SAM CONNON

Sam Connon was the Publisher and Managing Editor at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s All Bruins from 2021 to 2023. He is now a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s Fastball. He previously covered UCLA football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, men's soccer, cross country and golf for The Daily Bruin from 2017 to 2021, serving as the paper's Sports Editor from 2019 to 2020. Connon has also been a contributor for 247Sports' Bruin Report Online, Rivals' BruinBlitz, Dash Sports TV, SuperWestSports, Prime Time Sports Talk, The Sports Life Blog and Patriots Country, Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s New England Patriots site. His work as a sports columnist has been awarded by the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon graduated from UCLA in June 2021 and is originally from Winchester, Massachusetts.