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Bob Toledo was the thirteenth head coach in the history of the UCLA Bruins’ college football program. He took over when Terry Donahue retired, and he was replaced by interim coach Ed Kezirian and, ultimately, the current Bruin coach, Karl Dorrell.

Main accomplishments

Toledo was coach for seven years from 1996 to 2002. He finished off with a record of 49 wins, 32 losses (referenced as 49-32), and a winning percentage of .605. Toledo’s greatest accomplishment with the team may have been in the 1997 season, where the team finished 10-2 with a victory over Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl. Toledo was 3-4 against UCLA’s cross-town rival, the USC Trojans in the Battle for the Victory Bell.

Coaching career

In 1996-his first season as head coach with UCLA-the team finished with a mediocre 5-6 record. The highlight of the season was a comeback win over USC.

The 1997 team finished as co-champions of the Pac-10 Conference with Washington State. However with Washington State defeating the Bruins in the season opener, the Cougars earned the right to play in the Rose Bowl. The highlights of that season were a 66-3 win over the University of Texas and a victory at the Cotton Bowl over Texas A&M, and a victory over USC.

The 1998 season started out as one of the best in the history of UCLA football, and the Bruins were ranked at number one in the Associated Press' college football poll for much of the season. The team was high enough in the BCS standings to merit entry to the national championship game, and all UCLA needed to do was beat unranked University of Miami, who were major underdogs after a 66-13 loss to Syracuse the week before. UCLA was also coming off of their eigth consecutive victory over USC. However, Miami won 49-45, ending UCLA's chances of playing in the national championship game. They instead settled for a trip to the Rose Bowl as Pac-10 Champions, but lost to Wisconsin. This is seen as the turning point for both UCLA and USC's football programs.

The 1999 season was a major disappointment, with the team finishing 4-7. This was the first year that USC defeated them in the annual Battle for the Victory Bell since 1990.

In 2000, the Bruins finished 6-6 with a loss in the Sun Bowl to Wisconsin.

The 2001 season started with promise as the Bruins got off to a fast start with a 6-0 record. However, four straight losses to Stanford, Washington State, Oregon, and USC, the Bruins faded out of postseason contention.

UCLA finished off 8-5 in Toledo's final season in 2002. The team finished 7-5 in the regular season, but Toledo was fired after a fourth straight loss to USC. The Bruins did reach the Las Vegas Bowl, but interim coach Ed Kezirian coached—and won—his only game in charge of the program.

In 2006 Toledo returned to college football after a three year absence becoming the offensive coordinator of the University of New Mexico Lobos.

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