Report: Former Pac-12 coordinator joining UCLA staff as analyst

Former Colorado offensive coordinator Darrin Chiaverini is moving on to his next venture. According to FOX’s Bruce Feldman on Wednesday, Chiaverini is expected to join Chip Kelly at UCLA as an offensive analyst.

“SOURCE: Former Colorado offensive coordinator/WR coach Darrin Chiaverini is expected to join the UCLA staff as an offensive analyst,” tweeted Feldman. “Chiaverini, a Southern California native, had been a Bruins special teams assistant early in his coaching career after playing in the NFL.”

Moreover, Chiaverini is no stranger to UCLA. He spent one season with the Bruins in 2009 as a special teams assistant. As you can see, he went on to bigger and better things after leaving UCLA over a decade ago.

First, his first real opportunity came at Riverside City College, where he spent three seasons as the associate head coach, co-offensive coordinator and special teams coach. Then, he took his talents to Texas Tech in 2014, spending two seasons with the Red Raiders as their special teams coordinator. Then, he was hired by Colorado, the program where he worked from 2016 until this offseason.

Moreover, Chiaverini accumulated numerous roles throughout his time with the Buffaloes. At one point, Chiaverini was even the interim head coach for the program. Now, he’s moving on to a different Pac-12 program.

UCLA is on the rise, and the program is accumulating all the knowledge they can on their staff. With Darrin Chiaverini, the Bruins have a good one joining their cause.

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As Darrin Chiaverini joins the Bruins, UCLA is adjusting to their new defensive coordinator. Bill McGovern is taking over for Jerry Azzinaro, who resigned last month. McGovern spent this past year as the Chicago Bears’ inside linebackers coach and brings a wealth of experience to Westwood. Terms of his deal with the Bruins weren’t disclosed.

A coach for almost 40 years, McGovern brings a blend of NFL and collegiate experience with him to UCLA. He spent most of his career at Boston College, where he worked as linebackers coach from 2000-08 before moving up to defensive coordinator. He’s also on the ballot for College Football Hall of Fame voting.

In the NFL, McGovern worked as outside linebackers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2013-15 and as New York Giants linebackers coach from 2016-18 and outside linebackers coach in 2019 before heading back to college at Nebraska as a defensive assistant.

Last year was McGovern’s only season on the Bears’ staff under head coach Matt Nagy and defensive coordinator Sean Desai. While there, he helped Roquan Smith turn in a career year for Chicago as he had a career-high 163 tackles to earn a Second Team All-Pro nomination.