After his 15-year run as head coach of the Midshipmen ended in December, Ken Niumatalolo is making a fresh start in an advisory role at UCLA.
During practices he might observe a player’s body language after a fumble, missed tackle or other miscue and pull him aside for a quick morale boost, occasionally including a gentle reminder to consider their good fortune in attending college in Westwood’s idyllic surroundings.
Over the next decade and a half, he went 109-83 with six bowl victories and was selected American Athletic Conference coach of the year three times after Navy relinquished its status as a football independent in 2015. The next closest to Niumatalolo for career wins at the academy is the late George Welsh, who had 55.
Niumatalolo was in the locker room still trying to process the crushing outcome when Gladchuk approached him with his decision. Also part of the Bruins’ staff was Brian Norwood, Niumatalolo’s closest friend since high school. Norwood is an assistant head coach, defensive backs coach and defensive passing game coordinator at UCLA and spent 2019 as Navy’s co-defensive coordinator.
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