Former Baltimore Ravens assistant D’Anton Lynn takes over as the Bruins’ defensive coordinator for a group paced by linebackers Laiatu Latu and Darius Muasau
The UCLA football program will see its third defensive coordinator in as many years after coach Chip Kelly hired D’Anton Lynn away from the Baltimore Ravens in late February.
“The way offenses attack defenses are a little different with the tempo, with the wide hashes, different formations and different splits,” Lynn, 33, said about the adjustment from professional to college football. “There are some things you have to tweak down because of spacing, but the coaching staff has helped me out a lot with that.”
The preseason All-Pac-12 first-team defender finished second in the conference and eighth in the nation with 10½ sacks while playing against some of the country’s top quarterbacks. The Bruins’ schedule isn’t littered with the same proven talent at quarterback, but Latu still eyes a lofty goal of 15 sacks .
Muasau returns as the “quarterback of the defense.” He was voted as an all-conference first-team defensive player after finishing with 91 total tackles, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a recovery. Kain Medrano will begin his fifth year with the program and second year as the season-opening starter at linebacker. Medrano suffered an injury early last season and JonJon Vaughns stepped up in Medrano’s absence and started the final 11 games. He finished fourth in tackles last season with 53 and his two interceptions tied him for second on the team along with Muasau.
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