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, ...

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

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Cori Close, who led UCLA to its first women's Final Four during one of the best seasons in school history, ...

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 ...

UCLA head coach Cori Close spoke to the media ahead of the Final Four and discussed how Geno Auriemma opened his door for her several years ago.

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

Geno Auriemma let Cori Close watch UConn practice after her first season at UCLA. Now they're facing off in the Final Four of ...

After UCLA’s historic Final Four run ended in a lopsided loss to UConn, Coach Cori Close focused not on the defeat, but on the growth, pride and promise that will shape the Bruins’ next chapter.

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

Maybe they haven't played three times this season like Southern California and UCLA, but familiarity between Bruins coach ...

It’s about 20 minutes after UCLA’s second-round win over Richmond in the women’s NCAA Tournament and Cori Close has taken a seat alongside two of her players at the postgame press conference.