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Karl Dorrell is the fifteenth head coach in the history of the UCLA Bruins men’s college football team, a position he took on December 18, 2002. He was born on December 18, 1963 in Alameda, California. He attended Helix High School in La Mesa, California, where he was a two-time all-league selection and a honorable mention All-America as a senior. He led Helix to the CIF San Diego Section title in 1980 and to second place in 1981. Currently he is married and has two children.

Career as a player

Dorrell was one of the most successful wide receivers at UCLA. He had 1,517 receiving yards on 108 receptions in college. He suffered a shoulder injury in 1984 and was granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA. He played on a team that won the Rose Bowl in 1983, 1984, and 1986, and that won the Freedom Bowl in 1986. After the 1986 season he earned his Bachelor's Degree.

He had a brief career as a player in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys in the 1987 season, but he was placed on the injured reserve.

Early coaching career

His first job as a coach was in 1988 as a graduate assistant at UCLA. That season the Bruins finished the season with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses; winning the Cotton Bowl.

In 1989 he became a wide receivers coach at Central Florida. In 1990 and 1991 he was the offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Northern Arizona. He again was a wide receivers coach at Arizona State in 1994.

Twice, from 1992 to 1993 and from 1995 to 1998, Dorrell was a wide receivers coach (and an offensive coordinator the second time around) at Colorado. There he was famous for coaching Michael Westbrook.

His last collegiate coaching job before he became the UCLA head coach was at Washington, where he was offensive coordinator and receivers coach in 1999.

NFL coaching career

Dorrell became the receivers coach of the Denver Broncos in 2000, a position he held for three years until he took up the coaching job at UCLA. While there, he coached players like Rod Smith, a two time selection to the NFL's Pro Bowl.

Tenure as UCLA head coach

Karl Dorrell was hired to replace Bob Toledo, who was released at the end of the 2002 regular season. Between Toledo and Dorrell, Ed Kezirian, an athletic department official who oversees the academics for the football team, served as interim coach for the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl. Kezirian is known for waving a towel on the sidelines. The Bruins won the bowl game over New Mexico 27-13.

Dorrell and UCLA recorded a mark of 6 wins, 7 losses in his first season as head coach in 2003, with an appearance in the Silicon Valley Bowl, and a loss to Fresno State.

In his second season the team finished with a record of 6 wins, 6 losses and an appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl, with a disappointing loss to Wyoming.

In his third season as head football coach, Dorrell was named Pac-10 co-coach of the year along with USC head coach Pete Carroll. On December 30, 2005 his Bruins defeated the Northwestern Wildcats in the Sun Bowl 50-38, finishing the season with a 10-2 record.

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