UCLA's 1968 football team manager commits $10 million to the program
On Wednesday, it was announced that former UCLA team manager Angelo Mazzone III committed $10 million towards the Bruins football program.
To compete with the best teams in the country, you’ve got to spend like them. It’s taken some time to adjust but the UCLA Bruins football program is trying to catch up to the rest of the Big Ten Conference with their NIL budget. After a long run of SEC supremacy in college football, three Big Ten schools have won the past three College Football Playoff championships, in part because Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana have had deeper pockets.
On Wednesday, UCLA football announced that UCLA alum Angelo Mazzone III committed $10 million towards the Bruins program. In the release , it was said that the purpose of Mazzone’s commitment was to “To endow the UCLA head coach position and strengthen key areas that advance student-athlete success. ” Money talks in college football, and to attract the top players, you got to give them appealing NIL offers, and since Bob Chesney has taken over with UCLA, he’s gotten to work building up donations and raising funds for the program.
"A gift of this magnitude from such a dedicated, impactful and cherished member of the Bruin family is deeply humbling," Chesney said in the release. "Angelo's commitment reflects an unwavering belief in what this program stands for. We will work every day to honor that trust.
We can't thank him enough for investing in the future of our student-athletes and the success of UCLA football. " Thank you to UCLA alumnus and longtime supporter Angelo M. Mazzone III for his extraordinary gift of $10 million to our football program!