 Dorrell was offered the choice, but decided not to coach in the Las Vegas Bowl.Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker served as interim coach for the game, where UCLA lost to BYU.On December 29, 2007, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Rick Neuheisel, formerly head coach at Colorado and Washington, was brought back to his alma mater and hired as UCLA's 15th head football coach after his former Bruins teammate Dorrell was fired.