Close is just the second UCLA coach to win the Naismith College Coach of the Year award since it was introduced in 1987. Jim ...

UCLA’s historic season has earned its architect one the sport’s highest coaching honors. Coach Cori Close was named the 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coll ...

On a random Tuesday in November, Lavin surprised Close by showing up after one of the UCLA women’s practices and told her ...

UCLA women's basketball radio voice Dave Marcus has been through many challenging circumstances covering the team and now ...

UCLA head coach Cori Close has reached the Final Four for the first time in nine seasons with UCLA. John Wooden also had a ...

The post Calls Mount Against Cori Close’s COTY Win as College Basketball Jury Even Ditch Dawn Staley to Pick Another ...

As dominant as Betts was against Richmond, Close was even more proud of the way she’s matured as a young woman. Both at ...

The Final Four for the women's March Madness bracket is set with three No.1 seeds and one No.2. Here are expert predictions ...

"1978 AIAW, they won the national championship and went to the Final Four, and we had some of the alumni here from that team, ...

Paige Bueckers was again sensational and finished with 31 points and freshman forward Sarah Strong finished with 20 points ...

Close's coaching journey began at UCLA, where she served as an assistant in 1994 and 1995. From 1995 to 2004, she spent nine years at her alma mater, UC Santa Barbara, as an assistant and ...

Cori Close reflected on making her first Final Four after the UCLA Bruins beat the LSU Tigers in the Elite 8 of the NCAA ...