Cori Close

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]

Cori Close
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUCLA
ConferencePac-12
Record195–103 (.654)
Biographical details
Born (1971-07-29) July 29, 1971
Milpitas, California
Playing career
1989–1993UC Santa Barbara
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995UCLA (Asst.)
1995–2004UC Santa Barbara (Asst./Assoc.)
2004–2011Florida State (Assoc.)
2011–presentUCLA

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UCLA Bruins (Pac-12 Conference) (2011–present)
2011–12 UCLA 14–169–9T-5th
2012–13 UCLA 26–814–43rdNCAA Second Round
2013–14 UCLA 13–187–118th
2014–15 UCLA 19–188–106thWNIT Champions
2015–16 UCLA 26–914–4T-3rdNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016–17 UCLA 25–913–54thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017–18 UCLA 27–814–4T-3rdNCAA Elite Eight
2018–19 UCLA 22–1312–64thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019–20 UCLA 25–414-4T-2nd
UCLA: 195–103 (.654)103–59 (.636)
Total:195–103 (.654)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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
  • March 6, 2019 – Close voted Pac-12 Coach of the Year by Pac-12 women’s basketball media members[3]

References
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 30 Sep 2015.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-10-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Cori Close Awarded Media Pac-12 Coach of the Year".
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