DeShaun Foster

DeShaun Foster

Foster in a post-game press conference as UCLA head coach
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UCLA
Conference	Big Ten
Record	5–7
Biographical details
Born	(1980-01-10) January 10, 1980 (age 45) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1998–2001	UCLA
2002–2007	Carolina Panthers
2008	San Francisco 49ers
Position(s)	Running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013	UCLA (SA)
2014–2015	UCLA (GA)
2016	Texas Tech (RB)
2017–2023	UCLA (RB)
2024–present	UCLA
Head coaching record
Overall	5–7
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Second-team All-American (2001) 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (2000, 2001)

DeShaun Xavier Foster (born January 10, 1980) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach for the UCLA Bruins. He played professionally as a running back for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Foster played collegiately for UCLA, earning All-American honors in 2001. He is a member the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.

Foster was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft. He played five seasons for the Panthers and one for the San Francisco 49ers. He became a coach, serving as an assistant coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and UCLA. The Bruins promoted him to head coach in 2024, after previously accepting a job as Running backs coach for the Las Vegas raiders under coach Antonio Pierce before being offered the UCLA head coaching job.