UCLA All-American and NFL standout Foster is one of the most accomplished running backs in school history and returned to Westwood following his professional playing career to serve on the football staff. He completed his Bruin playing career second on the all-time touchdowns scored list (44), third on the school's all-time rushing list (3,194 yards) and fifth on the all-time Bruin scoring list (266 points). Foster was ranked 18th on the Pac-10 career rushing list when he left for the NFL, and his 722 career rushing attempts were the most in school history. As a senior in 2001, he led the Pac-10 in rushing (138.6 yards per game), scoring (9.75 points per game), and all-purpose yardage (154.75 yards per game). In his seven-year NFL career, he recorded more than 4,500 total yards and 16 touchdowns, including a 33-yard run in Super Bowl XXXVIII. During his tenure on the Bruin coaching staff, he has been instrumental in the development of some of the most productive running backs in the Pac-12, Paul Perkins, Joshua Kelley, Demetric Felton Jr. and Zach Charbonnet.
Ed Kezirian, also known as Coach K, was a standout football player at UCLA and then returned as an assistant coach on some of the most successful teams in school history. After his coaching career, his contributions to his alma mater continued as an administrator for academics and student development, where he helped mentor hundreds of student-athletes throughout their education. An all-conference offensive lineman in 1973 who was presented UCLA's Kenneth S. Washington Award as the team's outstanding senior offensive player, Kezirian helped pave the way for a Bruin rushing attack that led the nation (400.3 yards per game) and an offense which established school records for scoring average (42.7 ppg) and single season rushing yards (4,403) in 1973. As a coach, he helped guide Bruin teams to wins in eight-straight bowl game appearances, including three Rose Bowl victories in 1983, 1984 and 1986, and as interim head coach at the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl he led the Bruins to victory. Three of the teams for which he served as an assistant coach equaled the school record for wins in a season with 10.
UCLA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
1984 Gary Beban Paul Cameron Billy Kilmer Donn Moomaw Jackie Robinson Henry “Red” Sanders Bill Spaulding Kenny Washington Bob Waterfield | 1993 Maurice “mac” Goodstein Don Manning | 2003 Don Rogers Tim Wrightman |
1985 Bob Davenport Tommy Prothro | 1994 John Richardson John Sciarra | 2004 Dennis Dummit Carlton Gray James Owens |
1986 Kermit Alexander Burr Baldwin Mike Frankovich Don Paul | 1995 John Peterson Jerry Shipkey | 2005 Hardiman Cureton |
1987 George Dickerson Jack Ellena Bert LaBrucherie Jim Salsbury Jack Tidball | 1996 Skip Rowland Dick Wallen | 2006 Jonathan Ogden |
1988 Mel Farr Sr. | 1997 Cal Rossi | 2008 Eric Turner |
1989 Peter H. Dailey Tom Fears | 1998 Randy Cross Gaston Green Ken Norton Jr. Tom Ramsey | 2009 James “Cap” Haralson Cade McNown J.J. Stokes |
1990 Norm Duncan Mike Marienthal | 1999 Troy Aikman Sam Boghosian Dave Dalby Ernie Johnson | 2011 Theotis Brown |
1991 Kenny Easley Jerry Robinson | 2000 George Farmer Carnell Lake Dick Vermeil | 2012 Fred McNeill |
1992 Jim Johnson Freeman McNeil Woody Strode | 2001 Jim brown Charles Cheshire Terry Donahue John Lee | 2014 Francis Wai |
| 2002 Ted Narleski | 2015 Danny Farmer |
| | 2016 Wendall Tyler |
| | 2017 Maurice Jones-Drew Bobby Field |
| | 2019 Skip Hicks |
| | 2021 Marcedes Lews |
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