UCLA first-time head coach DeShaun Foster now has his full staff in place.

The football program officially announced Wednesday the hire of four new on-field assistants.

Marcus Thomas will coach the running backs, Ted White will be in charge of the quarterbacks, Juan Castillo will handle the offensive line and Erik Frazier will inherit the receivers. In addition, Jerry Neuheisel will move from receivers to tight ends coach while Billy Fessler, who was previously hired this offseason as a quarterbacks coach by former head coach Chip Kelly, has been re-assigned as an offensive analyst.

“We are building a staff of teachers,” Foster said in a statement. “These coaches have picked up a diverse skillset from working on every level of football and they are hungry to share that knowledge with the players of our program. Their passion for the game and coaching reflects what we are actively instilling in our players – approaching everything they do with discipline, respect and enthusiasm – and I am excited to watch them work together.”

Thomas will return to Westwood after initially signing on to be the new running backs coach at San Jose State. Thomas will instead do so for the Bruins, who previously had him on staff from 2019 to 2021 as a director of strategic intelligence and an offensive analyst.

Thomas was on the Navy staff for the past two seasons, serving as director of player personnel in 2022 and slot backs coach the following year.

Filling Neuheisel’s previous role will be Frazier, who was most recently an offensive skill assistant for the Tennessee Titans. Prior to that, Frazier was a receivers coach and passing coordinator at Montana State for two seasons.

White, who did not coach last season, was previously the Houston Texans’ quarterbacks coach in 2022. He also spent more than a decade as an assistant at six different HBCUs, including his most recent stint from 2018 to 2019 as Prairie View A&M’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

The program rounded out the on-field assistant hires with the addition of Castillo, who is replacing Tim Drevno as offensive line coach.

Castillo is a longtime NFL assistant dating back to 1995, with only one year at the college level in that span. He was an offensive analyst at Michigan in 2019.

To replace inside linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr., who returned to the NFL and took a job with the Washington Commanders this offseason, Bruins defensive coordinator Ikaika Malloe will coach the inside linebackers.

DeShaun Foster – Head Coach

Eric Bieniemy – Associate Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator

Juan Castillo – Offensive Line

Erik Frazier – Wide Receivers

Jerry Neuheisel – Tight Ends

Brian Norwood – Assistant Head Coach, Passing Game Coordinator, Safeties

Ikaika Malloe – Defensive Coordinator, Inside Linebackers

Marcus Thomas – Running Backs

Tony Washington Jr. – Defensive Line, Outside Linebackers

Ted White – Quarterbacks

Kodi Whitfield – Special Teams Coordinator, Cornerbacks