The Bruins are moving on from Bieniemy, sources told Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. The former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator and NFL running back joined UCLA’s staff in 2024 as the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach following the hire of Deshaun Foster as the team’s head coach.
UCLA went 5-7 in 2024 and was 3-6 in the Big Ten. The Bruins averaged 5.4 yards a play and scored just 18.4 points per game. Only eight teams across the top level of college football averaged fewer points than the Bruins and UCLA scored more than 20 points just twice all season.
Bieniemy, 55, interviewed multiple times for NFL head coaching positions while he was the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator. He joined Andy Reid’s staff in 2013 when Reid became the Chiefs’ head coach and was the team’s running backs coach through the 2017 season. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2018 as Patrick Mahomes became the team’s starting quarterback.
However, Bieniemy never got a head coaching job in the NFL and moved on from the Chiefs after the 2022 season. Five NFL teams had job openings that offseason and he interviewed for just one.
Bieniemy became the offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders in 2023, but he spent just one season with the team as the organization went through wholesale changes following the season. Washington’s new ownership group changed the coaching staff and hired Dan Quinn as the team’s head coach with former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury serving as the offensive coordinator for No. 2 overall draft pick Jayden Daniels.
Before coaching for the Chiefs, Bieniemy was the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Colorado, for two seasons and had served as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Vikings. It’s unclear just where Bieniemy’s next coaching stop will be and it’d have been hard to fathom four years ago that Bieniemy would be leaving his third job in three seasons at the end of 2024 instead of being the head coach of an NFL team. [Reply]
I think it's fair to say that eb should have gotten a head coaching job even though he wouldn't have been a very good one. Both things can be true at the same time. On here at least I don't think anyone thought he'd be a great or even a good HC but hiring bellichick goons over and over again like Joe judge or the worst of the worst retreads like Gase... It's harder to make sense of it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by FloridaMan88:
UCLA not spending NIL $$$ for talent in the transfer portal/recruiting, he had no chance.
Exactly. The two QB's he's had have been garbage. Bill Bellichick looked terrible with Mac Jones fgs. But people expect miracles from EB? :-)
And btw the EB offense at Washington put up 31 twice against Philly, 35 against Denver and 28 against the Jets defense. WITH SAM HOWELL who is the Seahawks backup right now :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
Exactly. The two QB's he's had have been garbage. Bill Bellichick looked terrible with Mac Jones fgs. But people expect miracles from EB? :-)
And btw the EB offense at Washington put up 31 twice against Philly, 35 against Denver and 28 against the Jets defense. WITH SAM HOWELL who is the Seahawks backup right now :-)
He’s had success and failure with and without talent. UCLA is a dumpster fire, so I’ll lean towards it was more them sucking than Eric. [Reply]
Originally Posted by notorious:
He’s had success and failure with and without talent. UCLA is a dumpster fire, so I’ll lean towards it was more them sucking than Eric.
He never had the makings of a Varsity Athlete. [Reply]
It's unbelievable that folks don't want back a coach that helped create this freaking dynasty smh :-)
I often watch back The Franchise Episode from the Bills thirteen seconds game and the energy EB had In the locker room after the game was amazing. And that's the sort of energy that influenced the guys to win two superbowls. Fullstop. Ya'll think EB wasn't barking at the guys at halftime in both of those comeback wins? He sets the tone. [Reply]
Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
It's unbelievable that folks don't want back a coach that helped create this freaking dynasty smh :-)
I often watch back The Franchise Episode from the Bills thirteen seconds game and the energy EB had In the locker room after the game was amazing. And that's the sort of energy that influenced the guys to win two superbowls. Fullstop. Ya'll think EB wasn't barking at the guys at halftime in both of those comeback wins? He sets the tone.
You wouldn't be saying this if Nagy was black and Bieniemy was white. [Reply]
