The Toledo File

Facts about new UCLA football Coach Bob Toledo:

* A little-known fact about Bob Toledo, successor to Terry Donahue as UCLA’s football coach: He once coached at USC. A littler-known fact about Toledo: He coached defense at USC. Right, the man who has built a reputation for coaching offense and quarterbacks was in charge of Trojan defensive backs in the late ‘70s.

* Although Toledo is best known as an offensive coordinator, he has had two stints as head coach, in 1974 and ’75 at UC Riverside and from 1979 through 1982 at Pacific.

* Among football’s intelligentsia, Toledo’s name is synonymous with offense. The Bruins averaged 399.3 yards and 28 points a game during the regular season last fall, and Karim Abdul-Jabbar, formerly Sharmon Shah, set a school record with 1,571 yards rushing. In the ’94 season, the Bruins had the Pacific 10’s leading receiver, Kevin Jordan; second-leading rusher, Shah, and third-leading passer, Wayne Cook.

* Before joining UCLA’s staff two years ago, Toledo was offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Texas A&M; for five seasons. And in those five seasons, the Aggies had a 49-12-1 record and went to five consecutive bowl games. In 1993, Toledo’s last season there, Texas A&M; set a school record for points, 404, and averaged 400 yards in total offense.

* At Oregon, where Toledo was an offensive assistant for six seasons before going on to College Station, he helped develop two of the Ducks’ most successful quarterbacks, Chris Miller, now of the St. Louis Rams, and Bill Musgrave, now with the Denver Broncos. And Toledo’s offensive scheme produced two 1,000-yard runners as well, Derek Loville, now of the San Francisco 49ers, and Tony Cherry.

* Toledo, who will turn 50 March 4, is a native of San Jose. He played quarterback at San Francisco State and in his senior season, 1967, was chosen Northern California player of the year and made second-team All-American after passing for 3,513 yards, still the school record. His 351.3 yards passing a game that season set a national Division II record that stood until it was surpassed by Grady Benton of West Texas A&M;, who threw for 393.4 yards a game. Toledo’s 45 touchdown passes that season held up as the national mark until 1994, when it was surpassed by Valdosta State’s Chris Hatcher, who threw 50.

* Toledo and his wife, Elaine, have three children, Demetra, Christa and Alissa, a UCLA student.