WATCH: Chip Kelly Talks UCLA Football Personnel, Filling Roles and Holes

Kelly broke down what it’s been like for the Bruins with so many new coaches on staff.

Sam Connon | Apr 5, 2022

WATCH: Chip Kelly Talks UCLA Football Personnel, Filling Roles and Holes /

UCLA football coach Chip Kelly talked to reporters before practice Tuesday morning. Kelly broke down what he expects out of young running backs Tomarion Harden and Deshun Murrell, gave availability updates on some of the missing faces from spring ball and shared how the new defensive staff is organized in terms of decision making and terminology.

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Published Apr 5, 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.