Cori Close

Cori Close

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UCLA
Conference	Pac-12
Record	98–69 (.587)
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	98–69 (.587)

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
UCLA:		98–69 (.587)	52–38 (.578)
Total:		98–69 (.587)
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 – Coach Cori Close was named the 2016 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I Region 5 Coach of the Year

References

1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 30 Sep 2015.
2. http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=207913763