Football
Neuheisel, Jerry
Jerry Neuheisel
- Title:
- Assistant Head Coach, Tight Ends
Jerry Neuheisel was promoted by UCLA head football coach DeShaun Foster on Dec. 18, 2024, adding the title of assistant head coach to his role as tight ends coach.
Neuheisel, a former quarterback for the Bruins, has coached seven years at his alma mater and eight overall. He completed his first season as tight ends coach in 2024. Neuheisel was UCLA’s wide receivers coach across the three prior campaigns.
Moliki Matavao starred in 2024 under Neuheisel’s tutelage, leading the Bruins in receptions (41) and receiving yards (506). The senior twice eclipsed 100 yards through the air, helping his team to wins in both games. Matavao was presented the Jackie R. Robinson Award for athletic and academic balance at UCLA’s year-end banquet.
It was wide receiver Logan Loya who broke out on Neuheisel’s watch in 2023, reeling in 59 passes for 655 yards and five touchdowns – all team highs. J.Michael Sturdivant led all Bruin wide receivers with a yards-per-catch average of 16.6, tacking on four receiving scores of his own.
UCLA’s 2022 offense put up more than 500 yards per game for the first time in school history, with Jake Bobo pacing Neuheisel’s room. The Duke transfer’s 57 catches and career highs of 817 receiving yards and seven touchdown grabs were tops on a team that saw five wideouts set career bests for receptions. Bobo also shined off the field, earning first-team Academic All-America® recognition from CSC – a feat that had not been accomplished by a Bruin in 15 years.
Neuheisel in 2021 made 247Sports’ 30Under30 list as one of the nation’s top young coaches. In Neuheisel’s first season as wide receivers coach and fourth on staff, Kyle Philips led the Pac-12 with 10 touchdowns through the air. Philips’ run, which began when Neuheisel returned to Westwood, finished with the wideout sitting at fourth on UCLA’s all-time catch list with 163. Philips contributed to the Bruins’ conference-leading 18 receiving scores during the shortened 2020 campaign, which was also quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s first of three straight with a passing efficiency rating of at least 153.94. That squad's total-offense output of 455.0 yards per game was second in the Pac-12 and marked an improvement of nearly 50 yards per game from 2019.
Neuheisel started his coaching career at Texas A&M, where he was as an offensive quality control coach alongside offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone and helped then-freshmen signal callers Kellen Mond and Nick Starkel put on record-setting displays in 2017. In just his third career game, Mond became the first true freshman in program history to throw for 300 yards in a contest when he did so in a home win versus Louisiana. Starkel would go on to shatter the Aggies' freshman records for completions (42), passing attempts (63) and passing yards (499) in a Belk Bowl shootout with Wake Forest. His 499 single-game passing yards are the second-highest total in program history.
A graduate of Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Neuheisel earned UCLA's Charles Pike Memorial Award as the most outstanding scout-team player on offense after the 2012 season, his first in the program. He registered his initial game experience in 2013 as the Bruins' backup quarterback and holder.
On Sept. 13, 2014, in relief of injured starter Brett Hundley, Neuheisel led UCLA to a comeback 20-17 win against Texas at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. Neuheisel completed 23 of 30 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns, including the 33-yard game winner to Jordan Payton with three minutes left, against the Longhorns. Neuheisel was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.
Neuheisel, a nine-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll member and four-year Pac-12 All-Academic honoree, continued his football career abroad. He led the Obic Seagulls of the Japanese X League to the Japan X Bowl in 2016, completing 67.5% of his passing attempts for 1,456 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Neuheisel was married to his wife, Nicole, in the summer of 2020. He was born to UCLA graduates Susan and Rick at UCLA Medical Center. Rick Neuheisel played quarterback for the Bruins from 1981-83 before embarking on a coaching career at his alma mater in 1986. Stints as a graduate assistant, quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach preceded his first head-coaching job at Colorado, where he guided the Buffaloes from 1995-98. He also served at the helm of the Washington football program (1999-2002) before returning to UCLA as head coach from 2008-2011.
NEUHEISEL’S COACHING EXPERIENCE
2017 – Quality Control (Offense) – Texas A&M
2018-2020 – Graduate Assistant, UCLA
2021-23 – Wide Receivers Coach, UCLA
2024 – Tight Ends Coach, UCLA
Neuheisel, a former quarterback for the Bruins, has coached seven years at his alma mater and eight overall. He completed his first season as tight ends coach in 2024. Neuheisel was UCLA’s wide receivers coach across the three prior campaigns.
Moliki Matavao starred in 2024 under Neuheisel’s tutelage, leading the Bruins in receptions (41) and receiving yards (506). The senior twice eclipsed 100 yards through the air, helping his team to wins in both games. Matavao was presented the Jackie R. Robinson Award for athletic and academic balance at UCLA’s year-end banquet.
It was wide receiver Logan Loya who broke out on Neuheisel’s watch in 2023, reeling in 59 passes for 655 yards and five touchdowns – all team highs. J.Michael Sturdivant led all Bruin wide receivers with a yards-per-catch average of 16.6, tacking on four receiving scores of his own.
UCLA’s 2022 offense put up more than 500 yards per game for the first time in school history, with Jake Bobo pacing Neuheisel’s room. The Duke transfer’s 57 catches and career highs of 817 receiving yards and seven touchdown grabs were tops on a team that saw five wideouts set career bests for receptions. Bobo also shined off the field, earning first-team Academic All-America® recognition from CSC – a feat that had not been accomplished by a Bruin in 15 years.
Neuheisel in 2021 made 247Sports’ 30Under30 list as one of the nation’s top young coaches. In Neuheisel’s first season as wide receivers coach and fourth on staff, Kyle Philips led the Pac-12 with 10 touchdowns through the air. Philips’ run, which began when Neuheisel returned to Westwood, finished with the wideout sitting at fourth on UCLA’s all-time catch list with 163. Philips contributed to the Bruins’ conference-leading 18 receiving scores during the shortened 2020 campaign, which was also quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s first of three straight with a passing efficiency rating of at least 153.94. That squad's total-offense output of 455.0 yards per game was second in the Pac-12 and marked an improvement of nearly 50 yards per game from 2019.
Neuheisel started his coaching career at Texas A&M, where he was as an offensive quality control coach alongside offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone and helped then-freshmen signal callers Kellen Mond and Nick Starkel put on record-setting displays in 2017. In just his third career game, Mond became the first true freshman in program history to throw for 300 yards in a contest when he did so in a home win versus Louisiana. Starkel would go on to shatter the Aggies' freshman records for completions (42), passing attempts (63) and passing yards (499) in a Belk Bowl shootout with Wake Forest. His 499 single-game passing yards are the second-highest total in program history.
A graduate of Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Neuheisel earned UCLA's Charles Pike Memorial Award as the most outstanding scout-team player on offense after the 2012 season, his first in the program. He registered his initial game experience in 2013 as the Bruins' backup quarterback and holder.
On Sept. 13, 2014, in relief of injured starter Brett Hundley, Neuheisel led UCLA to a comeback 20-17 win against Texas at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. Neuheisel completed 23 of 30 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns, including the 33-yard game winner to Jordan Payton with three minutes left, against the Longhorns. Neuheisel was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.
Neuheisel, a nine-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll member and four-year Pac-12 All-Academic honoree, continued his football career abroad. He led the Obic Seagulls of the Japanese X League to the Japan X Bowl in 2016, completing 67.5% of his passing attempts for 1,456 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Neuheisel was married to his wife, Nicole, in the summer of 2020. He was born to UCLA graduates Susan and Rick at UCLA Medical Center. Rick Neuheisel played quarterback for the Bruins from 1981-83 before embarking on a coaching career at his alma mater in 1986. Stints as a graduate assistant, quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach preceded his first head-coaching job at Colorado, where he guided the Buffaloes from 1995-98. He also served at the helm of the Washington football program (1999-2002) before returning to UCLA as head coach from 2008-2011.
NEUHEISEL’S COACHING EXPERIENCE
2017 – Quality Control (Offense) – Texas A&M
2018-2020 – Graduate Assistant, UCLA
2021-23 – Wide Receivers Coach, UCLA
2024 – Tight Ends Coach, UCLA
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