UCLA basketball Coach Ben Howland
UCLA Coach Ben Howland shouts instructions during the team’s game against Minnesota in the NCAA tournament. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA Coach Ben Howland talks to his players during their game against Minnesota in the NCAA tournament. The Gophers beat the Bruins, 83-63. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA Coach Ben Howland and forward David Wear walk off the court after losing to Minnesota in the NCAA tournament. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA point guard Larry Drew II is hugged by Coach Ben Howland during the closing seconds of a loss to Minnesota in the NCAA tournament. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA Coach Ben Howland cuts down a net after a victory over Xavier in the 2008 NCAA tournament. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA Coach Ben Howland leads his team and fans in a cheer before cutting down the net after the Bruins beat Kansas during the NCAA West Regional Final at HP Pavilion in San Jose. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA Coach Ben Howland during a game against Pittsburgh, where he coached before taking over in Westwood, in the 2007 NCAA tournament. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA basketball Coach Ben Howland, far right, at a ceremony honoring former Coach John Wooden, seated, at the Los Angeles Coliseum Court of Honor in 2008. Also applauding, from left, are Zev Yaroslavsky, Coliseum Commision vice president; Dan Guerrero, UCLA athetic director; and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
UCLA Coach Ben Howland attends the Nike Extravaganza XVI at Mater Dei High School. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Newly hired UCLA Coach Ben Howland speaks with players at a preseason practice in 2003. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)