Foster for the people
By Ira Gorawara
Nov. 23, 2024 6:30 p.m.
A UCLA sophomore impulsively reached out to UCLA football coach DeShaun Foster via Instagram for advice before his team’s flag football team championship.
The team’s name: “The DeShaun Foster Lovers.”
And the Bruin coach in fact responded – practically overnight – and offered his words of wisdom. A coach for the people, one might say.
A #UCLA student part of an IM flag football team reached out to @UCLAFootball head coach DeShaun Foster for words of advice before his team’s (which calls itself the “DeShaun Foster Lovers”) championship match.
The Bruin coach in fact responded and offered his words of wisdom. pic.twitter.com/Ybh5G996WN
— Ira Gorawara (@IraGorawara) November 23, 2024
Gorawara is Sports senior staff and Copy staff. She was previously the 2024-2025 Sports editor on the football, men’s basketball and NIL beats, an assistant Sports editor on the men’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball and rowing beats and a contributor on the men’s volleyball and rowing beats. She is a fourth-year economics and communication student minoring in professional writing from Hong Kong.
Gorawara is Sports senior staff and Copy staff. She was previously the 2024-2025 Sports editor on the football, men’s basketball and NIL beats, an assistant Sports editor on the men’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball and rowing beats and a contributor on the men’s volleyball and rowing beats. She is a fourth-year economics and communication student minoring in professional writing from Hong Kong.
