Even Hollywood’s best cosmetic surgeons wouldn’t be able to erase the marks of stress that have formed over UCLA’s last few decades.
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It says a lot about where the program of John Wooden now stands in the college sports landscape that once UCLA’s three-month-old coaching search finally got serious this week after a laughable attempt to lure John Calipari, it turned its focus away from superstar names that were never coming and instead moved on to coaches who would do well to produce a Howland-era encore.
NEWSLETTERSThank you! You're almost signed up for SportsKeep an eye out for an email to confirm your newsletter registration.More newslettersBut it’s now clear that UCLA’s choice will likely generate less fanfare than when the football program brought in Chip Kelly 16 months ago. Which, for anyone plugged into the larger world of college sports, sounds about right.
Plus, even though UCLA opened a basketball practice facility in 2017, one person who has toured through it said it’s not quite on par with the top facilities in the country.
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