I can't remember who coined it but the effect of winning a game after firing a coach is referred to as the Dead Coach Bounce (I believe there is a similar concept in finance when a CEO is fired called the Dead Cat Bounce). Usually the team gets a brief bump then continues losing. I have no idea how UCLA keeps winning though.
Nichols' DC has been trying the rarely used "Break, don't bend" scheme.
I can't remember who coined it but the effect of winning a game after firing a coach is referred to as the Dead Coach Bounce (I believe there is a similar concept in finance when a CEO is fired called the Dead Cat Bounce). Usually the team gets a brief bump then continues losing. I have no idea how UCLA keeps winning though.