Cori Close
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Record | 102–70 (.593) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 29, 1971 Milpitas, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1993 | UC Santa Barbara |
| Position(s) | team captain |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1995 | UCLA (Asst.) |
| 1995–2004 | UC Santa Barbara (Asst./Assoc.) |
| 2004–2011 | Florida State (Assoc.) |
| 2011–present | UCLA |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 102–70 (.593) |
Cori Close (born July 29, 1971)[1] is the current head women's basketball coach for the UCLA Bruins. She was hired by the Bruins in 2011. Before UCLA, she spent time as an assistant coach at Florida State University and her alma mater, UC Santa Barbara. She was a star player for the UCSB Gauchos as she served as a team captain during the 1992 and 1993 seasons while leading them to the NCAA Tournament in each of those years.[2]
Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Bruins (Pac-10 Conference) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | UCLA | 14–16 | 9–9 | T-5th | |||||
| 2012–13 | UCLA | 26–8 | 14–4 | 3rd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2013–14 | UCLA | 13–18 | 7–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2014–15 | UCLA | 19–18 | 8–10 | 6th | WNIT Champions | ||||
| 2015–16 | UCLA | 26–9 | 14–4 | T-3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2016–17 | UCLA | 4-1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| UCLA: | 102–70 (.593) | 52–38 (.578) | |||||||
| Total: | 102–70 (.593) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Awards and honors
- March 23, 2016 – Coach Cori Close was named the 2016 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I Region 5 Coach of the Year
References
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 30 Sep 2015.
- ↑ http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=207913763