WATCH: Jerry Neuheisel on UCLA Football's Play-Calling, Role on Coaching Staff

Neuheisel said the Bruins' assistants get chances to call the offense during practice and learn under coach Chip Kelly throughout camp.

Sam Connon | Apr 26, 2022

WATCH: Jerry Neuheisel on UCLA Football's Play-Calling, Role on Coaching Staff /

UCLA football receivers coach Jerry Neuheisel spoke to reporters after practice Tuesday morning. Neuheisel talked about working with the new coaches and receivers who joined the offense, the play-calling role of the assistants in practice, how his father has served as a coaching mentor his whole life and the possibility of his career progressing down the line.

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Published Apr 26, 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.