Overview
- Multiple outlets report Chesney is set to finalize a five-year contract with UCLA following James Madison’s Sun Belt championship game.
- UCLA and JMU have an understanding that Chesney will coach the Dukes in the Sun Belt title game and, if selected, in the College Football Playoff.
- ESPN reports Chesney informed his James Madison players of his intention to leave for UCLA.
- Chesney is 20-5 in two seasons at JMU with an 11-1 mark this year, and he owns a 131-51 record across 16 seasons as a head coach at four levels.
- He would replace DeShaun Foster, who was fired early in the season, as UCLA seeks a reset after two difficult years in the Big Ten.