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Cori Close
Cori Rashel Close (born July 29, 1971) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the UCLA Bruins women's team. She played college basketball as a guard for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos from 1989 to 1993, serving as a team captain during her final two seasons and helping them reach consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Following the end of her playing career, Close served as an assistant coach with UCLA from 1993 to 1995, UC Santa Barbara from 1995 to 2004, and the Florida State Seminoles from 2004 to 2011 before being named UCLA's head coach in 2011. Close won the 2026 basketball championship with the Bruins. The Bruins went 37–1 and won the program's first basketball championship in the NCAA era.
Close played four years on the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball team. As of the 2025-26 season, she was listed in the career top ten in assists and steals for the Gauchos. She was the Big West conference tournament player of the game in 1993. Her teams advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 1992 and 1993.
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Close was assistant on the Bruin coaching staff in for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons, where she established a mentorship relationship with coach emeritus John Wooden. Close said that the bond started because she shared the same first name spelling as Wooden's great-granddaughter.
Cori became an assistant coach at her alma mater in 1995.
In May 2004, Close became associate head coach at Florida State under head coach Sue Semrau. The Seminoles made the NCAA Tournament in each of Close's seven seasons on the staff in Tallahassee, including the program's first appearances in the Sweet Sixteen (2007) and Elite Eight (2010).
On April 21, 2011, Close was named head coach for the UCLA Bruins women's basketball program. She led the Bruins to their first Final Four of the NCAA tournament in 2025, after taking them to the Sweet Sixteen six times, advancing to the regional final once in 2018.
In the 2026 NCAA national championship game, the Bruins defeated South Carolina 79–51 for the program's first NCAA title.
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Cori Close
Cori Rashel Close (born July 29, 1971) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the UCLA Bruins women's team. She played college basketball as a guard for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos from 1989 to 1993, serving as a team captain during her final two seasons and helping them reach consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Following the end of her playing career, Close served as an assistant coach with UCLA from 1993 to 1995, UC Santa Barbara from 1995 to 2004, and the Florida State Seminoles from 2004 to 2011 before being named UCLA's head coach in 2011. Close won the 2026 basketball championship with the Bruins. The Bruins went 37–1 and won the program's first basketball championship in the NCAA era.
Close played four years on the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball team. As of the 2025-26 season, she was listed in the career top ten in assists and steals for the Gauchos. She was the Big West conference tournament player of the game in 1993. Her teams advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 1992 and 1993.
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Close was assistant on the Bruin coaching staff in for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons, where she established a mentorship relationship with coach emeritus John Wooden. Close said that the bond started because she shared the same first name spelling as Wooden's great-granddaughter.
Cori became an assistant coach at her alma mater in 1995.
In May 2004, Close became associate head coach at Florida State under head coach Sue Semrau. The Seminoles made the NCAA Tournament in each of Close's seven seasons on the staff in Tallahassee, including the program's first appearances in the Sweet Sixteen (2007) and Elite Eight (2010).
On April 21, 2011, Close was named head coach for the UCLA Bruins women's basketball program. She led the Bruins to their first Final Four of the NCAA tournament in 2025, after taking them to the Sweet Sixteen six times, advancing to the regional final once in 2018.
In the 2026 NCAA national championship game, the Bruins defeated South Carolina 79–51 for the program's first NCAA title.
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