Sources: Toledo to replace Scelfo at Tulane
Former UCLA head coach Bob Toledo has been hired as Tulane's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Jim Donnan.
Toledo, who is currently New Mexico's offensive coordinator, replaces Chris Scelfo, who was fired on Nov. 28.
Toledo was hired at New Mexico last year and helped head coach Rocky Long guide the Lobos to a 6-6 record and a berth in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl.
Toledo coached at UCLA from 1996-2002, compiling a 49-32 record that included a school-record 20-game winning streak and two Pac-10 championships. Despite his successes, he was fired in 2002 by Dan Guerrero, then in his first year as UCLA's athletic director, who said he felt the program wasn't heading in the right direction after a 7-5 season.
Tulane, which went 4-8 this season, returned to the Louisiana Superdome after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, but played before very sparse crowds in its longtime home stadium.
The 2005 season was perhaps Scelfo's most difficult. Hurricane Katrina forced the team to travel throughout the season, playing 11 games in 11 different cities while compiling a 2-9 record.
Scelfo's overall record was 37-57 with only one postseason bowl appearance, a 36-28 victory over Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl in 2002 following a 7-5 season. The Green Wave's only other winning season under Scelfo was in 2000, his second season, when the team went 6-5.
Former UCLA head coach Bob Toledo has been hired as Tulane's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Jim Donnan.
Toledo, who is currently New Mexico's offensive coordinator, replaces Chris Scelfo, who was fired on Nov. 28.
Toledo was hired at New Mexico last year and helped head coach Rocky Long guide the Lobos to a 6-6 record and a berth in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl.
Toledo coached at UCLA from 1996-2002, compiling a 49-32 record that included a school-record 20-game winning streak and two Pac-10 championships. Despite his successes, he was fired in 2002 by Dan Guerrero, then in his first year as UCLA's athletic director, who said he felt the program wasn't heading in the right direction after a 7-5 season.
Tulane, which went 4-8 this season, returned to the Louisiana Superdome after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, but played before very sparse crowds in its longtime home stadium.
The 2005 season was perhaps Scelfo's most difficult. Hurricane Katrina forced the team to travel throughout the season, playing 11 games in 11 different cities while compiling a 2-9 record.
Scelfo's overall record was 37-57 with only one postseason bowl appearance, a 36-28 victory over Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl in 2002 following a 7-5 season. The Green Wave's only other winning season under Scelfo was in 2000, his second season, when the team went 6-5.