{"id":662222,"date":"2026-05-24T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662222\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:00:14","slug":"anonymous-big-ten-coach-reveals-how-bob-chesney-has-been-arrogant-at-ucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/662222\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous Big Ten coach reveals how Bob Chesney has been ‘arrogant’ at UCLA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UCLA<\/a> football program was in desperate need of a boost when it hired James Madison<\/a> head coach Bob Chesney<\/a> this offseason.<\/p>\n

In their previous two seasons under former head coach Deshaun Foster<\/a> and interim head coach Tim Skipper<\/a> (final nine games of 2025 season), the Bruins posted a lowly 8-16 record and failed to make the postseason. Dating back to 2000, UCLA has posted just three 10-win seasons. Its highest finish in an end-of-season AP Poll was No. 10 back in 2014.<\/p>\n

By bringing in Chesney, UCLA is adding much-needed College Football Playoff pedigree to its football program. Chesney led James Madison to a CFP berth last season, becoming one of two GO5 teams to crash the Playoff party (Tulane<\/a>). He succeeded in a massive way at James Madison in his short time there, leading the Dukes to a 21-6 record over the past two years. <\/p>\n

Chesney is seeking to become the next former James Madison coach to excel at their new program, joining Curt Cignetti<\/a> (Indiana<\/a>). UCLA has not quite been nationally relevant in college football in this decade, but the hire of Chesney could change this narrative.<\/p>\n

Anonymous Big Ten coach makes bold claim about Bob Chesney<\/p>\n

In just a short time, however, it appears as if Chesney has rubbed a few people the wrong way. In an anonymous interview for Athlon Magazine, an opposing Big Ten head coach claimed that Chesney has been \u2018arrogant\u2019 since taking over at UCLA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve heard they\u2019ve been kind of arrogant on the road with following the (Curt) Cignetti<\/a> model,\u201d the coach said. \u201cLike, \u2018Look who we are,\u2019 instead of saying, \u2018We\u2019re gonna do this the right way.\u2019 I\u2019m interested to see how (new head coach Bob Chesney) does, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was going to defend (QB Nico Iamaleava<\/a>), I would do some things to stop him from running and make him throw the ball \u2014 particularly downfield. He\u2019s a playmaker. But without his feet and without his ability to scramble, I\u2019m not sure he can sit in the pocket and carve you up. It\u2019ll be interesting to see what the NFL guys think of him. He\u2019s a good player and can take a hit, but he just didn\u2019t seem like he could kill you with his arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was blown away with what their NIL budget was a few years ago. It was unfathomably low. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ve gotten that ramped up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt that Chesney and UCLA has succeeded on the road so far, as they currently boast the No. 12 ranked recruiting class in the Class of 2027. If arrogant is what it takes to succeed, it seems as if Chesney has been doing quite the job so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UCLA football program was in desperate need of a boost when it hired James Madison head coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[158485,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-662222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-bob-chesney","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}