Letters to Sports: Cori Close has built her own pyramid of success
3 days, 10 hours ago

Letters to Sports: Cori Close has built her own pyramid of success

LA Times  

Bill Plaschke can never write a better column than his piece about Cori Close and John Wooden. Ronald Bauer Torrance :: Great column by Bill Plaschke on how Cori Close was mentored by John Wooden. Vaughn Hardenberg Westwood :: Thank you for your decision to put the article regarding UCLA coach Cori Close and the basketball team on the front page and above the fold. I have been a season-ticket holder for more than 10 years and I’ve known about how dynamic coach Close is.

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Cori Close's connection to John Wooden transcends wins and titles
1 week, 2 days ago

Cori Close's connection to John Wooden transcends wins and titles

LA Times  

She was a kid. Cori Close, left, with legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden. And so it was that after she recently became the winningest women’s coach in UCLA history, Cori Close visited John Wooden’s statue and offered a prayer of thanks. UCLA women’s basketball players congratulate coach Cori Close after her 300th career win against Nebraska on Dec. …

Top-ranked UCLA women head to Indiana where the reminders of Hall of Fame coach John Wooden abound
1 week, 3 days ago

Top-ranked UCLA women head to Indiana where the reminders of Hall of Fame coach John Wooden abound

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! LOS ANGELES — Top-ranked UCLA is headed to Indiana this weekend for a pair of games where the undefeated women’s team will find reminders of Hall of Fame coach John Wooden in his home state. Cori Close first met Wooden when she was an assistant …

How UCLA coach Cori Close navigated a championship run and loss of her father
3 years, 4 months ago

How UCLA coach Cori Close navigated a championship run and loss of her father

LA Times  

Azzi Fudd and Lauren Betts dedicated their gold medals at the FIBA U19 women’s basketball World Cup to a man they barely knew. 1 recruits in the 2021 and 2022 classes, respectively, told UCLA and Team USA coach Cori Close after the Americans beat Australia in the championship game. “He just lived that really well.” With her team already facing …

UCLA’s Cori Close helping her players, and herself, grow in trying times
4 years ago

UCLA’s Cori Close helping her players, and herself, grow in trying times

LA Times  

UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close uses the lessons she learned from legendary UCLA coach John Wooden in helping her coach her players on — and off — the court. “It’s really about 200 hearts.” During 15 years of speaking to legendary UCLA coach John Wooden and visiting his home on Tuesdays, Close aligned her priorities as a coach. UCLA …

Cori Close will take UCLA into top-10 showdown with Rafer Johnson on her mind
4 years, 1 month ago

Cori Close will take UCLA into top-10 showdown with Rafer Johnson on her mind

LA Times  

Cori Close was a first-time head coach when an Olympic gold medalist asked her for a favor. Please, Rafer Johnson said in 2011 at Close’s introductory news conference, get my daughter to move back to L.A. Then he added some advice for UCLA‘s new women’s basketball coach. With his daughter Jenny Johnson Jordan serving as a life coach for the …

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