Scott White

Linebackers coach Scott White and defensive backs coach Demetrice Martin are no longer working for the UCLA football program, according to sources.

UCLA is slated to participate in the Cactus Bowl Dec. 26th in Phoenix, and both coaches were expected to remain on staff to perform their coaching duties up to and for the game.

We have yet to completely confirm why both White and Martin left when they did.

Both coaches were part of the staff of Jim Mora, who was fired as UCLA's head coach Nov. 19th. It was known last week that neither White nor Martin would be retained by new UCLA head coach Chip Kelly.

After a head coach is fired, and his successor hired, it's standard professional procedure for coaches on staff not being retained to continue their roles through the completion of a bowl game, and for the University to continue to pay coaches to perform those duties.

One incident arose Sunday in which White re-tweeted a recruit's negative tweet about the hiring of defensive backs coach Paul Rhoads. Those tweets have since been deleted.

It's possible Martin left on his own accord last week when he was informed he wouldn't be retained by Kelly.

One source said that the offices of both White and Martin were cleaned out for them.

UCLA hasn't practice since last Saturday, canceling practices last week because of the poor air quality due to the Skirball Fire.

It's known that graduate assistant defensive backs coach Dalton Hilliard will take over coaching the secondary for the Cactus Bowl.