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Bob Chesney and the UCLA Bruins are placing a lot of trust in new offensive coordinator Dean Kennedy. Kennedy has been one of Chesney’s guys, coaching alongside him at Holy Cross and at James Madison before following him across the country to UCLA.
Chesney brought Kennedy along with him because he’s gotten results, leading the No. 1 offense in the Sun Belt Conference last year at 37.1 points per game. It’s a one-year wonder for Kennedy either, in his first year with James Madison, the Dukes had the No. 3 scoring offense at 33.3 points per game.
Kennedy will be highly reliant on returning UCLA starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava. Iamaleava, the former five-star recruit, has all of the physical traits but it’ll be up to him and Kennedy to corral those traits into a productive Big Ten quarterback.
The Big Ten Network spoke to Kennedy about his new quarterback, where he had nothing but praises for Iamaleava. Rather than speaking of his skillset, Kennedy focused on Iamaleava the person.
“He’s a phenomenal football player, obviously, but more importantly he’s a phenomenal person. When you have that type of person, that has great morals and values, and understands the big picture of life. It’s just such a joy to work with that person,” Kennedy said of Iamaleava. “He has such a good head on his shoulders. He’s very respectful to everyone in the building. Every single teammate.”
UCLA not only needs Iamaleava the quarterback this season, they need the Southern California native to become a leader for the team to help return the Bruins program from an embarrassing 2025 campaign.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: New UCLA OC Dean Kennedy values Nico Iamaleava the person
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Chesney brought Kennedy along with him because he’s gotten results, leading the No. 1 offense in the Sun Belt Conference last year at 37.1 points per game. It’s a one-year wonder for Kennedy either, in his first year with James Madison, the Dukes had the No. 3 scoring offense at 33.3 points per game.
Kennedy will be highly reliant on returning UCLA starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava. Iamaleava, the former five-star recruit, has all of the physical traits but it’ll be up to him and Kennedy to corral those traits into a productive Big Ten quarterback.
The Big Ten Network spoke to Kennedy about his new quarterback, where he had nothing but praises for Iamaleava. Rather than speaking of his skillset, Kennedy focused on Iamaleava the person.
“He’s a phenomenal football player, obviously, but more importantly he’s a phenomenal person. When you have that type of person, that has great morals and values, and understands the big picture of life. It’s just such a joy to work with that person,” Kennedy said of Iamaleava. “He has such a good head on his shoulders. He’s very respectful to everyone in the building. Every single teammate.”
UCLA not only needs Iamaleava the quarterback this season, they need the Southern California native to become a leader for the team to help return the Bruins program from an embarrassing 2025 campaign.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: New UCLA OC Dean Kennedy values Nico Iamaleava the person
Continue reading...
