Cori Close
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Record | 150–86 (.636) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 29, 1971 Milpitas, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | UC Santa Barbara |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1995 | UCLA (Asst.) |
| 1995–2004 | UC Santa Barbara (Asst./Assoc.) |
| 2004–2011 | Florida State (Assoc.) |
| 2011–present | UCLA |
Cori Rashel 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-12 Conference) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | UCLA | 14–16 | 9–9 | T-5th | |||||
| 2012–13 | UCLA | 26–8 | 14–4 | 3rd | NCAA Second 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 | 25–9 | 13–5 | 4th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2017–18 | UCLA | 27–8 | 14–4 | T-3rd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| UCLA: | 150–86 (.636) | 79–47 (.627) | |||||||
| Total: | 150–86 (.636) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Awards and honors
- March 23, 2016 – 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.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-10-03.