As reported by The Temple News, Temple football coach Al Golden has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head coaching job at UCLA.

Here at Broad and Cecil, yesterday we made mention of Golden interviewing for the position, though he and Temple athletics had remained silent on the matter.

“I’m flattered to have been contacted about the coaching vacancy at UCLA,” Golden said in a university statement. “…However, we are on the brink of something truly special here at Temple.”

Still, some criticized Golden even taking the interview, noting it might lead recruits to doubt his interest in staying at Temple.

“Whether he gets the job at UCLA or not, the damage is already done,” Dave Weinraub, a former Temple player, wrote in a letter to The Philadelphia Inquirer. “What do you tell the kids on the team? You don’t have to be loyal to the program?”