The 2025-26 year saw momentous occasion after momentous occasion take place for UCLA Athletics. From championship banners to program records, Westwood saw another year of history being made.
As the 2025-26 academic year comes to a close, so does another UCLA Athletics chapter. The past year was filled with standout plays, broken records and national championships.
I don’t know where to begin.
How does one characterize this year of UCLA sports?
Broken records.
Banners raised.
Players drafted.
It would be an understatement to say this past year was a period of unprecedented success.
UCLA football will not play its first 2026 campaign until Sep 5 against California. But that does not mean there are not positional battles occurring across the gridiron.
UCLA football will not play its first game of the 2026 campaign until Sept. 5 against California. But that does not mean there are not positional battles across the gridiron.
This post was updated May 25 at 10:19 p.m.
The transfer portal is a never-ending cycle. A large chunk of players leave, while typically a solid contingent stays, as the ever-swinging door of the portal goes back and forth.
The Chesney Train left the station Dec. 9.
[Related: UCLA introduces Bob Chesney as head football coach, instills hope in Bruin community]
And the locomotive has been gaining speed since he stepped foot in Westwood.
Bob Chesney said his team was in “win now” mode.
In fact, at halftime of the UCLA men’s basketball game against Indiana on Jan. 31, the football head coach went as far as saying that the team would hang a Big Ten championship banner.
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