University of California, Los Angeles Women's Basketball
University of California, Los Angeles fields a women's basketball team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 29 players, well above the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $9,690,479, well above the median of $2.2M — $334,154 per roster spot, top quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26, that is 14 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (145 of 360 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 989, about the median of 986, with 98% of players retained year to year. The school gave $9,235,885 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $21,834 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's basketball programs
Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 15)
The program
- Roster29 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap15 14 over last season
- Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
- Team expenses$9,690,479 for the year
- Operating expenses$2,686,292 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$334,154 division median $141,297
- Academic Progress Rate989 multi-year; 973 latest
- Players retained98% year to year
- Eligible99% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$9,235,885 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$21,834 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$738,563 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Cori Close head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
| Shannon LeBeauf | Associate Head Coach | On file · sign in |
| Tony Newnan | Associate Head Coach | On file · sign in |
| James Clark | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Soh Matsuura | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Noelle Quinn | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Pam Walker | Director of Operations | On file · sign in |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
- Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's basketball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores not considered
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 93%
Women's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $9,690,479 $334,154 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 5 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $9,235,885
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $738,563
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $13,747 in-state · $44,524 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 82 burglaries · 57 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 16 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research University of California, Los Angeles
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference | 7 | 15 | $4.4M | 981 | 40% | |
| University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference | 10 | 30 | $9.6M | 980 | 10% | |
| California State University, Northridge Division I · Big West Conference | 13 | 13 | $1.8M | 987 | 93% | |
| Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 14 | 16 | $308k | — | 40% | |
| Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference | 15 | 20 | $3.5M | 1000 | 50% | |
| California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 16 | 16 | $786k | — | 92% | |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association | 18 | 17 | $617k | — | 91% | |
| California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 19 | 12 | $186k | — | 3% | |
| Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 24 | 12 | $141k | — | 85% | |
| Biola University Division II · Pacific West Conference | 27 | 14 | $744k | — | 60% | |
| California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. | 27 | 20 | $240k | — | 89% | |
| Long Beach State University Division I · Big West Conference | 28 | 22 | $1.9M | 977 | 47% |
Other women's basketball programs in the Big Ten Conference
Every Big Ten Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked