Two of UCLA’s national championship-winning coaches will be calling plays at UCLA football’s spring game on Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close and men’s water polo coach Adam Wright will make special guest appearances during the game as play callers.
Both are coming off national championship seasons with their respective teams.
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For Close, it was the program’s first ever NCAA title. After losing in the Final Four in 2025, Close led the Bruins through a dominant NCAA Tournament run in 2026 to etch her name in the women’s college basketball history books.
She also led UCLA to win the Big Ten regular season title and Big Ten Tournament title.
UCLA Bruins head coach Cori Close celebrates their 79-51 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks to claim the NCAA women’s basketball national championship at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on April 5, 2026.
Meanwhile, Wright led the Bruins to back-to-back national championships this season and has won six NCAA titles as head coach of the men’s water polo team. Wright is one of the most successful figures in UCLA history, winning 10 total titles across his career as a coach and player at UCLA.
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In addition to the six titles he has won as the men’s head coach, the UCLA Athletics Hall of Famer won back-to-back national championships as a player in 1999 and 2000. He also won an NCAA title as the head coach of the women’s water polo team in 2024 and as an assistant coach of the women’s team in 2009.
UCLA football’s spring game will take place on Saturday at 12 pm at the Rose Bowl. Admission is free for all fans, and tickets can be requested here. This will be a perfect opportunity to get an early look at UCLA’s new football head coach Bob Chesney.
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