On a random Tuesday in November, Lavin surprised Close by showing up after one of the UCLA women’s practices and told her that he had informed Wooden that she’d be tagging along that night. At first, ...

UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close said she had a good working relationship with UConn's Jim Mora when he was the Bruins football coach.

Cori Close had a unique opportunity after her first season leading UCLA women's basketball. The Bruins didn't make the NCAA Tournament after that 2011-12 season, and she decided to make ...

Their top-seeded Bruins and Trojans women’s basketball aren’t just playing in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament – they’re making a difference ...

UCLA's Cori Close got emotional recalling the time she coached Azzi Fudd and Lauren Betts with USA Basketball. Now she'll ...

April 3 - Maybe they haven't played three times this season like Southern California and UCLA, but familiarity between Bruins coach Cori Close and UConn is as thick as Florida humidity. Close traces ...

UConn left nothing to chance against UCLA in the Final Four, and now the Bruins must begin to translate that humbling moment ...

When she was just beginning her UCLA coaching career, Close flew across the country to visit Auriemma to try to learn from one of the best. Their teams will square off in a Final Four semifinal on ...

The scoreboard at Amalie Arena read 85–51 in favor of UConn, the most lopsided defeat UCLA women’s basketball suffered all ...

The 85-51 loss was a big pill to swallow for one of the No. 1 seeds in the tournament, especially for Cori Close. The Bruins head coach led her team to the Big Ten conference championship. After UCLA ...

Close is just the second UCLA coach to win the Naismith College Coach of the Year award since it was introduced in 1987. Jim Harrick previously won it for the men's team during the 1994-95 season when ...