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UCLA football: Inoke Breckterfield hired as defensive line coach

By Chris Foster
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Inoke Breckterfield, who coached at Montana last season, has been hired as UCLA’s defensive line coach. Breckterfield, 33, spent last season as the defensive line coach for the Grizzlies.

He previously worked one season at Weber State and spent three years as a graduate assistant at Oregon State.

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The Hawaii native is a former All-Pac-10 defensive end. He finished his career at Oregon State in 1998 as the all-time leader in tackles for loss (55.5) and sacks (19.5). He currently ranks second in both categories.

--Chris Foster

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Chris Foster

Chris Foster is a former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered UCLA football and basketball, USC basketball, the Kings and the Ducks. He grew up in San Clemente, arriving long before Richard Nixon came to town. As a teen, he surfed, played football and basketball, and fell in love with sports journalism. Foster died Dec. 13, 2023.

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