[82lsju]

Close came to ucla the year after Wooden died

Not true.  Cori was on the UCLA coaching staff in 1994 and 1995.

Cori Close played basketball for UC Santa Barbara and was an assistant coach for 18 years at three different universities before taking over as UCLA’s coach in 2011.


But her roots at UCLA run deep and are personal.

UCLA was her first stop as an assistant, and it was there she met John Wooden, who became a mentor and confidant.
...
Close’s first encounter with Wooden came after prodding from then-UCLA men’s assistant coach Steve Lavin to pay the coaching legend a visit. As soon as Wooden discovered that Close’s first name was spelled the same as one of his granddaughters, a friendship was born.

“I pretty much went back every Tuesday night after that and continued to go and spend time with him whenever he’d take me,” Close said.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-s...story.html

and more here

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6251327...inal-four/

[82lsju]

Close came to ucla the year after Wooden died

Not true.  Cori was on the UCLA coaching staff in 1994 and 1995.

Cori Close played basketball for UC Santa Barbara and was an assistant coach for 18 years at three different universities before taking over as UCLA’s coach in 2011.


But her roots at UCLA run deep and are personal.

UCLA was her first stop as an assistant, and it was there she met John Wooden, who became a mentor and confidant.
...
Close’s first encounter with Wooden came after prodding from then-UCLA men’s assistant coach Steve Lavin to pay the coaching legend a visit. As soon as Wooden discovered that Close’s first name was spelled the same as one of his granddaughters, a friendship was born.

“I pretty much went back every Tuesday night after that and continued to go and spend time with him whenever he’d take me,” Close said.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-s...story.html

and more here

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6251327...inal-four/