Bob Chesney
Chesney at Holy Cross in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 10, 1977 Kulpmont, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1999 | Dickinson |
| Position | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2001 | Norwich (GA) |
| 2002 | Delaware Valley (DC) |
| 2003–2004 | King's (PA) (ST) |
| 2005–2006 | Johns Hopkins (ST/DB) |
| 2007–2008 | Johns Hopkins (DC/ST/DB) |
| 2009 | Johns Hopkins (AHC/DC/DB) |
| 2010–2012 | Salve Regina |
| 2013–2017 | Assumption |
| 2018–2023 | Holy Cross |
| 2024–2025 | James Madison |
| 2026–present | UCLA |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 132–52 |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
| Tournaments | 3–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 2–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs) 0–1 (CFP) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NE-10 (2015, 2017) 5 Patriot League (2019–2023) Sun Belt (2025) Sun Belt East Division (2025) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× Second Team All-Centennial (1997–1998) 2× NE-10 Coach of the Year (2015, 2017) New England Football Writers (NEFW) D-II/III Coach of the Year (2015) HERO Sports D-II Coach of the Year (2015) 3× Patriot League Coach of the Year (2019, 2021, 2022) 2× NEFW D-I Coach of the Year (2021–2022) 2× Gridiron Club FBS/FCS Coach of the Year (2021–2022) American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) FCS Region 1 Coach of the Year (2022) 2x Bear Bryant Fan Favorite Coach Award (2024, 2025) VaSID Coach of the Year (2024) * Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2025) | |
Robert Edward Chesney (born August 10, 1977) is an American football coach who is currently the head football coach at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was previously the head coach for James Madison University from 2024 to 2025. A graduate of Dickinson College, Chesney served as the head football coach at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island from 2010 to 2012, Assumption College—now known as Assumption University—in Worcester, Massachusetts from 2013 to 2017, and the College of the Holy Cross from 2018 to 2023. At Assumption, he led the Greyhounds to consecutive NCAA Division II Football Championship playoff appearances in the final three years of his tenure. At Holy Cross, he led the Crusaders to five straight Patriot League titles.