The scene is an early UCLA Bruins team meeting, shadows casting new head coach Bob Chesney in silhouette with the program's practice field through the glass behind him.
Matter-of-factly, never elevating his voice, Chesney is setting a simple but non-negotiable standard in his first months as UCLA's 20th head coach.
"Who is the guy who makes the omelets? What is his name?," Chesney asks the assembled Bruins.
A chorus of "Alan"s rings back.
"What is it? Alan," Chesney repeats. "So you should all know that, right? You should also know Willie out there, right? You should know everybody else that's in there. Every one of the people that are doing the housecleaning in here. You should try to know their name, walk by them and say hi."
Chesney elaborates that those support staff employees of UCLA are viewed as part of the Bruins football program. He humanizes each working position with a message to the room. "Think of it as someone's mother, someone's sister, someone's aunt; someone's something, because it is someone's something," Chesney tells the players and football staff. "So, let's make sure we respect them that way. They're not here to pick up after you; they're part of our team. They are part of our team and at some point we will have the come in here and introduce themselves with a picture of themselves up there and tell you a little bit about them and their family. Right? That's important.
"So just do not think of them as they're here to serve you; they are not. They are your equal. They are just like a coach. They're just like any great player on this team."
He closes his message by driving home the point of a collective approach.
"The best teams in America, it's never about any one person," Chesney concludes.
Just completing his second month atop the Bruins program, Chesney is the new coach in Westwood following 16 previous seasons as an NCAA head coach. His climb includes his first-ever head coaching post at NCAA Division III program Salve Regina to the past two seasons at Football Bowls Subdivision, Group of Six program James Madison. That stretch includes 21 wins, a Sun Belt Conference Championship and the James Madison program's as well as the Sun Belt's first-ever College Football Playoff bid.
At UCLA, Chesney takes over following the truncated, disastrous tenure of former star Bruins tailback DeShaun Foster and his 5-10 record through 15 games.
Preparing for spring camp with the Bruins in the coming weeks, Chesney is set to open his first season at the helm at UCLA at rival Cal Sept. 5. The Golden Bears also are welcoming a new coach, with first-team head man Tosh Lupoi taking over at his alma mater.