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BLOOMINGTON — Former Indiana football quarterbacks coach Tino Sunseri is among the reasons there’s a buzz building at UCLA.
The 36 year old was hired by UCLA coach Deshaun Foster to rebuild an offense that ranked 16th out of 18 Big Ten teams last season in scoring offense (18.4 points per game), 14th in total offense (328.8 yards per game) and 18th in rushing offense (86.6 yards).
While Sunseri is a first-time coordinator, he didn’t have any issues winning over the Bruins’ locker room.
“We saw what happened at Indiana and he was the co-offensive coordinator there,” UCLA offensive lineman Garrett DiGiorgio said, at Big Ten Media Days. “Seeing those stats, I wasn’t too worried about him coming over. They speak for themselves, but he’s also come in with a strong will.”
The former Pitt quarterback jumped into coaching after a stint in the CFL. He was a fast riser in the profession thanks to a gig as a graduate assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama. Indiana coach Curt Cignetti gave Sunseri his first assistant coach job in 2021 as JMU’s quarterbacks coach.
Foster’s connection with Sunseri predates all of that.
“”His dad (Sal) was my defensive line coach in Carolina, I’ve known Tino since he was 11 or 12,” Foster said at Big Ten Media Days. “Seeing how he’s evolved as a coach resonated, this is somebody I want to get on staff.”
Foster got to see the end result of that evolution when IU made the trip out to the Rose Bowl for a Week 3 game against the Bruins last season. The Hoosiers won 42-13 while putting up 430 total yards of offense.
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